Engineer I, Artificial Intelligence
Tucows Domains is the world’s largest wholesale domain registrar, dedicated to maintaining a healthy and open domain name system. They are seeking a passionate Software Engineer specializing in Artificial Intelligence to design and build innovative AI-driven features for their domain services platform, collaborating with various teams to develop intelligent solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and build AI-driven features for our domain services platform using Python and Golang
- Integrate and fine-tune open-source models such as LLaMA 3.2 and similar cutting-edge architectures via tools like Ollama
- Research, evaluate, and implement emerging AI technologies that align with our vision for smarter, more intuitive products and services
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and fellow engineers to rapidly prototype and iterate on machine learning and LLM-based features
- Contribute to a modern AI development stack, ensuring scalability, performance, and ethical usage of models
- Actively participate in the open-source ecosystem and bring relevant tools and techniques back to the team
Skills
- Bachelor degree in software development with strong proficiency in Python
- Solid understanding of modern AI/ML/LLM concepts, particularly around transformer-based architectures and open-source models
- Hands-on experience with frameworks like Tensorflow, Hugging Face, or similar
- Experience working with and adapting open-source models (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral, Mixtral, etc.) for production use
- A working knowledge of neural networks, including their architectures, training methods, and applications
- A basic understanding of Fuzzy Inference Systems
- A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and enthusiasm for innovation
- Experience with Golang is a plus
- Familiarity with containerization, APIs, and cloud-native tooling
Benefits
- Fair compensation
- Generous benefits
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