Job Description
Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHours:
37.5Line of Business:
Technology SolutionsPay Details:
$59,500 - $84,000 CADTD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.
As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.
Job Description:
Role Overview
The Junior AI Engineer supports the development, deployment, and ongoing support of AI/ML applications and AI-powered agents. This role contributes to building intelligent systems using modern frameworks, assists in operationalizing AI capabilities, and ensures reliability and performance of AI solutions in production.
The individual will work under guidance from senior engineers while gaining hands-on experience in agent-based architectures, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and enterprise AI platforms.
Key Responsibilities
AI/ML Application Development & Support
Assist in building, deploying, and maintaining AI/ML applications and services
Provide L2/L3-style support for AI systems, including incident triage, debugging, and performance tuning
Monitor model and application performance (accuracy, latency, cost) and support optimization efforts
Maintain documentation and runbooks for AI solutions to support operational readiness
AI Agent Development
Develop and enhance AI agents using frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph
Contribute to the design of agent workflows, tool integrations, and orchestration logic
Support prompt engineering, context management, and structured output design
Assist in integrating agents with APIs, enterprise systems, and data sources
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Solutions
Support the development of RAG pipelines, including data ingestion, embedding, indexing, and retrieval
Work with vector databases and search mechanisms to improve response relevance
Assist in evaluating and improving grounding, hallucination control, and response quality
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver AI use cases
Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to iterative delivery
Stay current with emerging AI tools, frameworks, and best practices
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
Working knowledge of Python for AI/ML development
Foundational understanding of machine learning concepts and NLP
Familiarity with AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or similar
Basic understanding of RAG architectures and LLM-based applications
Knowledge of REST APIs and software engineering fundamentals
Experience with data manipulation (e.g., SQL, Pandas)
Preferred Qualifications
Exposure to LLM application development and agent-based systems
Exposure to predictive AI models a big plus
Experience with vector databases
Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Understanding of MLOps / LLMOps practices (deployment, monitoring, evaluation)
Exposure to prompt engineering, embeddings, context engineering and model evaluation techniques
Awareness of Responsible AI, governance, and data privacy considerations
Key Competencies
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to quickly learn emerging AI tools and frameworks
Attention to detail in debugging and supporting production systems
Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Curiosity and passion for AI, automation, and intelligent systems
Who We Are:
TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.
Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more
Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.
Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.
If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.
We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.
Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.
Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet