AI Platform Backend Engineer

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 14 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

We were also recognized as one of National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada, read on to see why!

The Software Engineer – AI Platform Role

The AI Platform team is a dynamic enablement team dedicated to designing and delivering a high-performance, scalable platform that powers impactful AI solutions across our organization. As an international team of passionate problem-solvers, we thrive on tackling complex challenges and driving innovation to build a cutting-edge AI platform solution. With AI being a cornerstone of Qlik’s strategic vision, our team plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s transformative AI journey.

What makes this role interesting?

• Collaborative Innovation: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the AI Platform supports diverse AI solution use cases.
• Build for scale: Collaborate with architects, engineers, and specialists, to ensure scalable and high-performing solutions.
• Security built-in: Stay current with the latest AI security mitigations to protect our customers and Qlik from malicious use
• Multicultural Environment: Be part of a multicultural and highly collaborative environment, contributing to a creative and team-oriented culture.

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

• Take ownership of critical AI-related services powering Qlik’s AI investments.
• Design, develop, and deploy new features and improvements to our AI Platform micro-services architecture in the cloud
• Investigate and evaluate modern technologies, to enhance the performance, maintainability, security, and reliability of our AI Platform solutions.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in building an end-to-end system as a Software Engineer.
• Proficiency in Python and knowledge of Go programming language.
• Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes is a plus.
• In-depth knowledge of backend technologies, including designing microservices architecture, building RESTful APIs, and working with distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of software testing, performance benchmarking, and continuous integration tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with monitoring and supporting the observability of deployed services in a production environment. (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus)
• Experience in MLOps (model building, serving, and monitoring), an asset.
• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) in real-world applications, an asset.
• Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, an asset.
• Familiarity with an AI/ML Platform solution (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, Lakehouse AI), an asset.

The location for this role is:

Ottawa, ON Canada

Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!

More about Qlik and who we are:

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What else do we offer?

• National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada: https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-qliktech
• Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs
• Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness
• Flexible, diverse, and international work environment

Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $125,000 – $150,000 CDN. Final compensation offered by Qlik will be based on factors such as the candidate’s location, job-related skills, education, experience, and other business and organizational needs. Qlik offers a comprehensive benefits package, eligibility requirements for benefits will be controlled by applicable Qlik plan documents and policies.

If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability, please submit your request via email to accessibilityta @ qlik.com. Any information you provide will be treated according to Qlik’s Recruitment Privacy Notice. Qlik may only respond to emails related to accommodation requests.

Qlik is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Qlik via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Qlik. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Qlik as a result of the referral or through other means.