Technical Lead, Full-Stack & AI Platforms; Canada-

Aequilibrium (AEQ) is a digital innovation partner that helps organizations create remarkable customer and employee experiences through AI, XR (VR/AR), digital transformation, and custom software development.

Our XR & AI practice is building immersive training and onboarding platforms that combine Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and enterprise-grade software architecture to help organizations improve learning outcomes, engagement, and operational performance.

We are looking for a Technical Lead who can help us scale our XR platform and lead the technical direction of our next generation of AI-powered immersive training products. This position is open only to Canadian citizens or permanent residents
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This role combines technical leadership, solution architecture, AI expertise, and hands-on development.

You will work closely with our Product Owner, Program Manager, Product Designer, and Unity Lead to transform product vision into scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions.

This is not a people management role.

We are looking for a technical leader who can align the team around a shared architecture, establish engineering standards, break down complex initiatives into executable plans, and actively contribute to development.

• 30% Technical Leadership & Architecture
• 70% Hands-on Development

• Own the technical architecture of the XR Training Academy platform
• Define and maintain architecture standards across frontend, backend, AI, cloud, and Unity integrations
• Create technical roadmaps aligned with product goals
• Lead technical planning and solution design sessions
• Review technical approaches and ensure alignment with business requirements
• Prevent over-engineering and unnecessary technical complexity
• Design scalable cloud-native architectures
• Define APIs, integration patterns, and service boundaries
• Ensure performance, security, maintainability, and scalability considerations are built into solutions
• Guide AI architecture and integration decisions
• Evaluate and recommend technology choices

• Translate product requirements into technical implementation plans
• Break epics and features into technical work streams
• Define acceptance criteria and technical success metrics
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies
• Support estimation and sprint planning activities
• Guide the implementation of AI-powered experiences
• Evaluate and integrate LLMs, AI services, and agent-based workflows
• Establish best practices for AI architecture, prompting, evaluation, and governance
• Coach team members on the effective use of AI-assisted development

• Contribute production-quality code
• Build backend services, APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure
• Support frontend and platform development as required
• Review pull requests and mentor developers
  
  Troubleshoot technical issues and support delivery teams
• Partner closely with:
  • Product Owner
  • Program Manager
  • Product Designer
  • Unity Lead
• Foster strong communication and accountability
• Help create a high-performing engineering culture
• Participate actively in retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives

• 8+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years in a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, or Solution Architect role
• Experience designing and building cloud-native applications
• Experience with:
• Python/FastAPI
• React or modern frontend frameworks
• REST APIs and integrations

Aequilibrium (AEQ) is a digital innovation partner that helps organizations create remarkable customer and employee experiences through AI, XR (VR/AR), digital transformation, and custom software…