Information Technology - Principal Platform Engineer, Enterprise AI Enablement

The Role

As the Principal AI Platform Engineer, you will:

• Design and own the strategic roadmap for the enterprise AI platform, establishing the core technical architecture that powers Aritzia’s AI capabilities.
• Lead the engineering of critical platforms, including robust development platforms, that empower the organization.
• Build and manage a network of world-class technology vendors and partners, ensuring the AI platform ecosystem is innovative, scalable, and aligned with strategic business goals.
• Perform feasibility studies on emerging AI trends and collaborate with internal/external tech experts to accelerate advanced, practical adoption.

Qualifications

• Proven skills, education, and/or applicable certifications in Enterprise AI Infrastructure & LLMOps / MLOps Architecture.
• Experience with AI guardrails engineering, model observability, and drift detection, and establishing autonomy limits and action authorization controls for agentic systems.
• Experience with cognitive search, RAG, multi-modal visual embeddings, and enterprise data architecture.
• Experience with vector databases and data orchestration.
• Experience with application integration and embedded AI architecture.
• Experience with technical vendor evaluation and AI strategy.
• A commitment to learn, apply, champion and enrich Aritzia's Values and Business and People Leadership principles.
• Able to collaborate strategically with cross-functional partners in the pursuit of shared business outcomes.
• Able to set clear objectives and design a strategy that inspires the team.
• A dedication to quality and investing in results and new business opportunities that add value.