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It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.\nChoosing BDC as your employer also means:\nFlexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few\n\nIn addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1\n\nA hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life\n\nOpportunities for learning, training and development, and much more...\n\nExplore the BDC Way in our Culture Book\nPOSITION OVERVIEW\nBDC Mission AI helps small and medium-sized businesses identify their needs, matches them with Canadian AI solutions, and tests these tools in real-world business settings. To do this, we’re building a self-sufficient and agile AI platform, moving at a startup’s pace.\nAs Director of Technology, you are a builder who codes. You design and operate the Mission AI platform, lead a small team that delivers quickly, and contribute your AI expertise to technology and investment decisions. You make technical decisions within the authorized framework, in collaboration with business leaders-who define requirements and value criteria-and with the validation and investment teams.\nCHALLENGES TO BE MET\n1. AI Architecture and Platform\nDefine the architecture and technology roadmap for the AI platform, including decisions on whether to build, buy, or partner.\nDeliver platform milestones, from the diagnostic MVP to its phased rollout to Canadian SMEs.\nEstablish AI system evaluation, human oversight, and tracking of operating costs.\n2. Development and Team Leadership\nRecruit, lead, and develop the AI development team; establish best practices for delivery, quality, and AI-assisted development.\n3. Internal and External Technology\nDevelop the team’s internal tools: radar, pilot tracking, and metrics dashboards.\nProvide the team with AI agents and automations that increase their autonomy and productivity; make Mission AI a model for AI-driven work.\nManage technology vendors and platform operations: availability, access, security, and disaster recovery.\nIntegrate BDC systems only when necessary, using lightweight connections.\nObtain BDC’s security and data protection approvals without slowing down delivery.\nConduct technical due diligence on investments: architecture, code quality, AI defensibility, data, security, intellectual property, costs, and scalability.\nEvaluate the security and integrability of solutions with the relevant teams prior to approval.\n4. Metrics and Data\nMeasure usage and productivity gains at 3, 6, and 12 months.\nConduct assessments and create a dynamic map of SMB needs.\nPriorities for the First 90 Days\nDefine the architecture, data model, security requirements, and delivery plan.\nDeliver the diagnostic MVP and test it with pilot SMEs.\nHire the first AI developers and establish development and evaluation practices.\nWhat Success Looks Like (12-18 months)\nPlatform milestones achieved, from the MVP to nationwide rollout.\nQuality of AI recommendations and responses, reliability, cost per diagnosis.\nTechnical deliverables completed on schedule; team autonomy.\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n10 or more years in software development\nAt least 7 years in technical leadership as well\nSomeone who still codes on a daily basis\nActive developer: proficiency in a modern programming language and the ability to deploy to production independently.\n Advanced AI expertise: products in production based on large language models (agents, RAG, evaluations, costs, and performance).\nKnowledge of the model ecosystem (commercial, open-source, and Canadian) and the ability to select the right model for the use case.\nProficiency in cloud architecture, APIs, data pipelines, and application security.\nAbility to explain a technical risk to a business stakeholder and to critically evaluate a startup or vendor.\nAssets\nExperience as a CTO or founding engineer at a startup or scale-up: strongly preferred.\nTechnical due diligence for investments (funds, venture studios, acquisitions).\nVisible contributions: open-source projects, technical publications, launched AI products.\nKnowledge of security requirements in regulated environments (financial institutions or government).\nWhat Will Make the Difference\nPragmatic builder: prototypes in days, deploys to production in weeks.\nStays at the cutting edge of AI and applies it practically, without chasing every trend.\nKeeps the user in focus: an SME owner with no IT staff or spare time.\nBuilds a platform where AI is the driving force, not an add-on, and empowers the entire team to work differently.\nWhy join BDC?\nCombine the scale and mission of a national development bank with the autonomy of a startup. You’ll contribute to one of BDC’s most ambitious initiatives and shape the adoption of AI by Canadian SMEs.\nProudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. 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