Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Vanguard

Vanguard Canada

toronto, on, Canada
Full-time
Posted June 04, 2026

Job Description

Take a significant role at Vanguard as a Lead Machine Learning Engineer in the Enterprise AI & Research team. Drive the development of enterprise-scale AI systems while leveraging your expertise in software and cloud engineering.

In this senior role, you will design, deploy, and maintain scalable AI and ML applications within a cloud-native environment. Your hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS will be vital in supporting production-grade systems and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This position offers an opportunity to bridge AI research and practical deployment in an innovative enterprise setting.

Key Responsibilities: • Design, build, and maintain scalable AI/ML systems • Develop production-grade ML applications on Kubernetes/EKS • Optimize model inference pipelines and supporting infrastructure • Collaborate on transitioning prototypes to production-ready solutions • Improve reliability and operational excellence of AI systems

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