Student, Gen AI Engineer, SLC Management; Summer & Fall

SLC Management is a growing global asset management firm providing innovative and diversified investment solutions to institutional investors. We are breaking new ground with a full spectrum of solutions for a growing institutional client base of more than 1400 organizations. Our history of organic and strategic growth reflects this commitment with over CA $422/US $304 billion in assets under management (AUM).

As a subsidiary of Sun Life, we are aligned with one of the world’s leading financial services companies, and benefit from the stability and strength of that relationship.

The Student, Gen AI Engineer will support the development of cutting‑edge GenAI systems, including agentic workflows, advanced RAG‑powered chatbots, and intelligent document‑processing tools for financial data. The student will help design quantitative algorithms for capital allocation and integrate AI solutions across various platforms. Ideal candidates bring strong machine learning expertise, hands‑on GenAI and agentic framework experience, and a passion for building production‑ready AI systems.

• 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 Microsoft
  365 apps.

This opportunity is available to Masters or PhD students with a 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, Lang Graph, 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.

• Opportunity to work for a growing global institutional asset manager.
• As a student, you’ll make a real impact by contributing to meaningful work, gaining valuable experience and actively working towards your team’s goals.
• You’ll join our unique student culture, designed to help you grow both personally and professionally beyond your role. We offer professional development workshops, student awards, socials and many more exciting opportunities.
• We are honored to be recognized as Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates and Canada’s Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work in 2025.
• Your student journey is just the beginning and we're proud to help many who choose Sun Life to transition into permanent roles after graduation.

• Opportunity to work for a growing global institutional asset manager.
• 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 and much more.
• Pension, stock and savings programs with an employer‑paid match to help build and enhance your future financial security.
• A flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture focused on career growth development #We Win As ATeam.
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
• Award‑winning workplace culture – Great Place to Work® Certified in…