AI Engineer

Veriforce is seeking a software engineer with hands-on experience building AI agents and/or working with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). You will join a growing team of talented front-end, back-end, QA, and DevOps engineers, to expand our platforms to integrate with LLMs, APIs, and enterprise data. Your work will help shape the way our clients and contractors get to work faster, stay compliant, and come home safely every day.

What that means day-to-day:

• Participate as an integral member of a cross functional full-stack team using agile methodologies 

• Work in an Agile based SDLC that embraces the principles of transparency, cooperation, decomposing work, and rapid iteration 

• Design and develop AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and taking multi-step actions to support user journeys/workflows

• Build and extend MCP servers/clients for structured, interoperable AI integrations

• Integrate models with application APIs, databases, and 3rd party tools

• Ability to break complex features into manageable, reviewable, shippable pieces 

• Ability to communicate clearly with engineers about implementation choices, design considerations, performance impacts, and testability.

• Ability to communicate with non-engineers about how technology is solving business needs. Including demonstrating features for feedback. 

• Ability to methodically debug problems to resolve issues at the root

• Constructively and attentively review pull requests and have his or hers reviewed 

• Produce code that adheres to coding standards of consistency, readability, testability, security, and maintainability. Ability to leverage AI coding assistance (i.e. Copilot, etc.).

• Write meaningful, efficient tests for important parts of an application 

What you’ll need to be successful:

• 3 to 5+ years of development experience (C#, Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar)

• Hands-on experience building LLM-based agents or orchestrators

• Familiarity with MCP concepts: context servers, standardization tool integration, and protocol-base communication.

• Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, and cloud native architectures.

• Experience with prompt engineering, embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

• Familiarity with containerization technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Racher, etc.

• Knowledge of tools of contemporary engineering, specially: project boards (JIRA), source control (i.e. GitHub, Bitbucket), package managers, build systems, etc.

• Experience with, or the disposition to embrace, the usage of AI assisted coding practices

What you’ll get in return:

We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work, and believe that if you look after your people, they look after everything else! 

Personal Health & Wellbeing 

>🧠 Integrated mental health & wellbeing support 

>🌴 Vacation – starting at 3 weeks 

>💟 Wellness Days & Annual Giving Day – an extra to give back to yourself or your community

>🩺 Comprehensive medical and dental coverage 

> 😴 End of the year, company-wide shut down for you to relax and recharge

 Future Planning

>🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development 

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? 

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we consider applications that might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

Veriforce/Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves. 

What you can expect if you apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days

• An interview process consisting of:

• An initial discovery call with the recruiter

• A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams 

• Additional interview with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.

About Alcumus

What we stand for:

Our values are the core of our business and fundamental to the way we work. In your role, you will;

• Be a team player – working collaboratively and being consciously inclusive with your colleagues

• Be brave – sharing your ideas, challenging the status quo, and taking responsibility for the part you play

• Know your stuff – continuously developing your skills and expertise, with the support from our many learning offerings

• Enjoy the journey – contributing to a positive working environment that enables you and everyone around you to be at their best

Equal Employment Opportunity  
 
We are an equal opportunity workplace. All candidates will be afforded equal opportunity through the recruiting process. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and/or expression. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team of highly talented individuals and creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.  
 
If you are contacted for an interview and require accommodation/adjustments during the interviewing process, please let us know. 

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Nos valeurs sont au cœur de notre activité et sont fondamentales dans notre façon de travailler. Dans votre rôle, vous allez;

• Être un Joueur d’Equipe : Être inclusif, tant au sein de votre équipe immédiate que dans l’ensemble de l’entreprise. Aidez vos collègues à atteindre leur potentiel.

• Être Brave : Parlez, trouves un moyen et osez essayer. Prenez responsabilité pour le rôle que vous jouez.

• Connaitre votre Métier : Assurez-vous de disposer du savoir-faire technique nécessaire. Continuez à le développer et à l’améliorer chaque jour.

• Profitez du voyage : Travaillez dur, gardez la perspective et amusez-vous. Adoptez une attitude positive et constructive pour favoriser le changement.

Nous sommes un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances. Tous les candidats bénéficieront des mêmes chances tout au long du processus de recrutement. Nous ne discriminons aucun employé ou candidat à un emploi en raison de sa race, de sa couleur, de son sexe, de son âge, de son origine nationale, de sa religion, de son orientation sexuelle, de son handicap, de son identité et/ou de son expression sexuelle. Nous nous engageons à développer une équipe diversifiée de personnes hautement talentueuses et à créer un environnement inclusif où chacun se sent habilité à apporter sa véritable personnalité au travail.

Si vous êtes contacté pour une entrevue et que vous avez besoin d'aménagements ou d'ajustements pendant le processus d'entrevue, veuillez-nous en informer.