AI Developer co-op

AI Developer co-op

The Enterprise Architecture team helps shape how Wawanesa uses technology. We're looking for an AI Developer co-op with hands-on agentic AI experience to help us build internal tools and try out new AI technologies. You'll work closely with our architects on real projects.

This is a student term position, with a start date of January 11, 2027 and end date of April 23, 2027. The deadline to apply for this role is Friday, October 16, 2026.

Job Responsibilities

• Help build internal tools and AI agents for the architecture team.
• Build proof-of-concepts, which are small projects to test whether a new AI tool or framework works for us.
• Help build our Technology Radar, a tool that tracks the technologies we care about and shows which ones we use, which ones we're testing and which ones we're watching.
• Write simple documentation and share what you find with the team.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related program.

• Hands-on experience building with LLMs or AI agents, through coursework, personal projects or hackathons.

• Familiarity with at least one agent framework or approach, such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel or MCP (Model Context Protocol).

• Programming experience in Python.

• Basic understanding of prompting, tool calling and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

• Curious, willing to learn and comfortable asking questions.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Assets

• Experience building a simple web app or user interface.

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), or AI services like Amazon Bedrock or Azure AI Foundry.

• Experience with Git or GitHub.

• A portfolio or GitHub project that shows something you've built with AI.

• Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

• At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.

• We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.

• We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. All Wawanesa job applicants are subject to Wawanesa's Privacy Policy.

• Please note that the recruitment process for this position may involve the use of AI tools to screen, assess, or select applicants. All final decisions are taken or reviewed by human recruiters and human hiring leaders in compliance with all applicable legislation.