Hybrid Student – Gen AI Engineer

at Sun Life

• Job title: Student – Gen AI Engineer
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Support development of cutting-edge GenAI systems, including AI workflows and chatbots. Collaborate with teams to integrate AI solutions in financial data processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing agentic AI workflows for automating manual processes of SLC management
• Develop an advanced AI chatbot for answering complex financial questions and optimize its components including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), reasoning, and tools
• Assist in developing a generic data extraction tool for the reliable extraction of text, tables and graphs from a variety of financial documents
• Assist in developing a quantitative algorithm to guide capital allocation across asset classes under various operational constraints
• Integrate the AI solutions across SharePoint, Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft365 apps

Requirements

• Opportunity available to Masters or PhD students with an August 2026 or later graduation date
• Gen AI: expert-level Python and Gen AI skills including prompting LLMs, chat memory, and structured outputs
• Agentic frameworks: hands-on experience with agentic frameworks including n8n, LangGraph, and MCP
• Advanced RAG techniques: knowledge beyond simple vector search including pre-retrieval and post-retrieval optimization and agentic RAG
• Document intelligence: familiar with tools for OCRing and extracting text, tables, and graphs from documents
• LLM reasoning and planning: expertise in LLM planning, chain-of-thoughts, context learning and tool use
• Last year machine learning graduate students or students of other disciplines with a strong machine learning knowledge.
• Knowledge of reinforcement learning and optimization (nice to have)

Benefits

• Excellent benefits and wellness programs to support the three pillars of your well-being – mental, physical and financial – including generous vacation and sick time
• Market-leading maternity, parental and adoption leave top up program
• A partially-paid sabbatical program
• Pension, stock and savings programs with an employer-paid match to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture focused on career growth development
• Award winning workplace culture - Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the U.S., “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor, Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work, “Best Places to Work in Money Management” by Pension & Investments