AI Developer

Company Description

Help transform home healthcare by turning data into intelligence that improves care where it matters most - at home.

Spectrum Health Care is seeking an AI Developer to join our growing Data and AI Team and help shape the next generation of healthcare intelligence. This is a full‑stack AI role where you will work end‑to‑end transforming complex healthcare data into intelligent, production‑ready AI systems used in clinical and operational settings.

We’re looking for more than technical skill. You’ll bring a strong healthcare business mindset, comfort navigating complex database environments, and deep expertise in retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) to ensure our AI systems deliver grounded, accurate, and trustworthy insights.

Think this role aligns with your experience and interests? Apply now! 

By joining Spectrum Health Care, you will be part of one of Canada’s Best Managed companies and a committed member of a team of highly skilled healthcare professionals.

Job Description

• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to build and maintain scalable, HIPAA‑compliant data pipelines using Python, SQL, Spark, and Databricks to support healthcare AI use cases
• Optimize databases and queries across relational systems and data warehouses to enable low‑latency access for AI applications
• Design and deploy retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) systems to deliver grounded, reliable insights for clinical and administrative workflows
• Develop agentic AI workflows and NLP solutions to extract value from unstructured clinical data
• Rapidly prototype and demo AI tools using Streamlit and integrate workflows into operational systems using low‑code tools
• Deploy, evaluate, and optimize AI systems using Docker, FastAPI, and metric‑driven performance monitoring to ensure production reliability and minimize hallucinations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 4–7+ years of experience in AI, Machine Learning, or Data Engineering roles
• Strong, hands‑on experience with retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) systems
• Advanced Python skills for data processing and API development
• Excellent SQL skills and comfort working in complex, real‑world database environments
• Strong understanding of LLM and Transformer architectures, especially as they relate to long‑context and retrieval‑based systems
• Experience with Agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangGraph or similar)
• Background working with healthcare or regulated data (EHRs, PHI, HIPAA environments)
• Experience deploying and operating AI systems in production
• Comfort collaborating with non‑technical stakeholders, including clinical teams

Additional Information

This position is a current vacancy

Spectrum Health Care is thrilled to be named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. This award recognizes top companies across Canada for overall performance, sustained growth, strategy, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, and leadership. Click here to learn more about this esteemed honour.  

We thank all applicants, however, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005, upon request, support will be provided for accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

If you require accommodation because of disability through the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at (corphr@spectrumhealthcare.com) for assistance.

Spectrum Health Care is committed to fostering, cultivating and building a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization. We strive to attract, engage and develop a workforce that reflects the diverse communities that we serve and we know a diverse workforce is key to the growth and success of our organization.