Senior AI Architect at AltaML
Edmonton, KY
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Jul 19, 2026
Edmonton, KY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical and strategic role focused on designing and deploying agentic AI systems for enterprise clients, taking solutions from initial concept through to production on an internal agentic platform. The work spans architectural design of secure, auditable AI workflows — including reasoning, tool use, and data access — alongside stakeholder engagement to ensure measurable business outcomes. Suited to someone with deep AI/ML architecture experience and comfort operating across both technical and commercial contexts.
Senior level · 8+ years · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $119,144 (middle half $81,115–$160,963).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is based in Calgary, Edmonton, or Toronto — all Canadian cities. The US-based flag is set to false; US compensation benchmarks will not apply.
No CBSA code is assigned because all three candidate locations are in Canada, outside the US CBSA system.
The SOC classification is uncertain. The role is a hybrid technical-commercial 'AI Architect' focused on agentic AI system design and production deployment. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is the closest fit for an applied AI architect role that doesn't map cleanly to software development, data science, or systems analysis alone; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a plausible runner-up given the emphasis on architecting and deploying production AI systems.
The posting is titled 'Senior AI Architect' and describes principal-level scope ('principal-level technical and strategic leader'), but the actual requirements — 8+ years, delivery ownership, client-facing architecture — are consistent with a Senior band. The inflated framing in the body does not elevate the role to Staff or Principal on the career ladder.
Skills are sparse and high-level because the JD names very few concrete technologies. 'Agentic AI', 'RAG systems', 'orchestration', and 'tool integration' are listed under the 'What You Bring' requirements section and are treated as hard gates. No specific frameworks, cloud platforms, or programming languages are named.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI orchestration.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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