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AI Agent Developer

Montréal, QC
Hybrid
Posted Sep 11, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Mid-level · 2+ years
Apply by: Oct 10, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 3 days per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Design and implement new features, tooling, and AI agents to support cybersecurity controls and improve resiliency. Collaborate with the Vault squad to deliver service improvements, automation, and observability solutions within a financial services environment.

Job details

Job Type: Contract Job Title: AI Agent Developer Duration: 6-12 Months Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada Onsite: Yes, Hybrid ( 3 days) Must be authorized to work in Canada: No sponsorship AI Agent Developer As a developer you would be joining our growing HashiCorp Vault squad as part of the strategy to offer more services and a better user experience to our clients in the cybersecurity space. The current squad is a "build-and-run" squad that has been running for 5 years and is spread across North America, Europe, and India. We are adding more engineers and require a fungible developer to help us create the same culture of ownership and independence which exists in our current squad. You will be working to design and implement new features, tooling, and automations to support cybersecurity controls and improve resiliency and reliability. About Our Client Our client is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our client's people is critical to their success. Together, they share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethics. They provide a superior foundation for building a professional career -- a place for people to learn, to achieve, and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives, and needs is an important part of their culture. What will you be doing? · As a fungible Vault squad member, you will work on a variety of tasks, ranging from: · feature design and development for security controls, · implementing tooling or AI agents for vulnerability analysis and cyber resiliency, · service delivery and DevOps tasks, · developing testing frameworks and suites, · participating in on-call rotation. · Working with the Vault squad and wider Technology stakeholders, you will support the continuous improvement of our services through remediations against security findings, development, automation, and effective observability solutions. · Enforce adherence to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc. · Working with Technology teams, you will develop new integrations and onboard new tools to support business needs and integrate with the client's technology ecosystem. · Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and various Agile ceremonies to help us produce the best product possible. · You will deliver knowledge sharing and participate in cross-pollination of good practices and standards across our Vault squad and broader security organization, providing documentation and presentations. What we are looking for: · 4+ years development experience for backend/full-stack OR AI agent development in Golang or Python including REST APIs and microservices concepts. · 2+ years of experience in Kubernetes, including Helm. · Experience in leveraging MCP, A2A, or Vector DBs in AI agent development. · Solid understanding of memory and context management. · Excellent verbal and written communication skills coupled with a collaborative approach. Skills that will help you in the role: · Experience with HashiCorp products such as Vault or Terraform. · Experience with concepts such as Retry patterns, Circuit breakers, Idempotency, Service discovery, API gateways... · Experience with CI/CD pipeline technologies such as Jenkins, Gitlab, or Github Actions. · Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code practices. · Experience with reliability best practices, such as SLOs, incident response, observability engineering... · Experience with cybersecurity practices, such as encryption at rest and in transit, secret management, CVE remediation, authentication/authorization, and PKI.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 4+ years of backend or AI agent development experience in Golang or Python and 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes and Helm. Candidates must have expertise in Vector DBs, memory management, and context management for AI agents.