AI Software Engineering Lead

Imagine yourself… Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project Influencing responsible and meaningful use of AI across Veralto software development At Veralto, our unifying purpose of Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™ is more than words: it’s a proven path towards positive change, improvement for our planet, and development for yourself. As part of Veralto’s Water Quality segment, the work you’ll do will contribute to a safer world and a more sustainable future. In partnership with our Water Quality companies, you’ll help ensure that 3.4 billion people—over 40% of the world’s population—have safe drinking water every day. And when you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 13 operating companies and 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility : where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have boundless opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. We offer: Bonus/incentive pay A flexible, remote-friendly work environment Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust Ongoing investment in your career through dedicated training, on-the-job development, and coaching Reporting to the CTO, AI & Software, the AI Software Engineering Lead is responsible for accelerating the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across Veralto Water Quality software and firmware organizations. This highly visible role will partner with software, firmware, architecture, product management, and R&D leaders across Water Quality operating companies to implement AI-driven engineering practices that improve speed, quality, innovation, and customer outcomes. You'll work directly with development teams, helping them modernize software delivery, introduce AI-assisted development workflows, and scale best practices across diverse technology stacks. This position will be remote with a preference toward someone based in the Vancouver, B.C. area OR in the Loveland, CO area. What You'll Do Partner directly with engineering teams to implement AI-assisted software and firmware development practices. Coach engineers on AI-assisted coding, testing, documentation, refactoring, and debugging. Develop reusable AI engineering standards, prompt libraries, playbooks, and frameworks. Lead workshops, hackathons, and technical bootcamps. Evaluate emerging AI development technologies and coding agents. Help modernize legacy systems through AI-enabled development approaches. Establish KPIs that measure adoption, productivity, quality, and business impact. Drive collaboration across multiple Water Quality operating companies. What Success Looks Like Within the first 12 months you will: Establish repeatable AI engineering standards. Increase adoption of AI-enabled development workflows. Improve development velocity and software quality. Build a thriving engineering community of practice. Create measurable business outcomes tied to AI adoption. What You'll Bring (Requirements): 8+ years of software engineering experience. Hands-on experience using AI development tools (GitHub CoPilot, Claude Code, Codex), large language models, agentic workflows, or AI-powered engineering platforms. Experience developing commercial software products using modern programming languages such as C#, Python, Java, TypeScript, C++, or similar. Experience with cloud-native platforms, SaaS applications, APIs, containers, and CI/CD environments. Deep expertise in modern software development practices. You would stand out if you also bring (Preferred Requirements): Experience across both software and embedded/firmware development environments. Experience with IoT solutions, industrial automation, instrumentation, or connected products. Experience leading DevOps, platform engineering, architecture, or developer productivity initiatives. Experience implementing organizational change management programs within technology teams. Familiarity with water quality, environmental monitoring, laboratory, utility, compliance, or industrial technology markets. Understanding of AI governance, security, privacy, and compliant AI development practices. This role is a force multiplier for the Water Quality segment. Rather than being tied to a single product or operating company, the AI Software Engineering Leader acts as a hands-on technical catalyst, helping engineering teams adopt modern AI-enabled development practices, accelerating innovation, and creating a scalable framework for software excellence across Veralto Water Quality. Join us and help define the future of AI-enabled engineering at Veralto! With annual sales of $5 billion, Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions with a proven track record of solving some of the most complex challenges we face as a society. Our industry-leading companies with globally recognized brands are building on a long-established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future. The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The compensation range for this role is $180,000-$200,000 CAD per year. This job is also eligible for bonus pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, and medical/dental/vision insurance to eligible employees. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. This position is for a new role within our team. At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes. Unsolicited Assistance We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies , in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.