Software Development Engineer in Test - AI - Montreal, Canada
$120,000 - $180,000 CAD yearly
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) - AI, you will ensure the reliability and performance of core AI infrastructure by building automation frameworks and stress-testing suites. You will validate the intersection of distributed systems, GPU kernels, and AI frameworks.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain an automated testing framework from the ground up that supports distributed AI training and inference workloads. - Develop test plans focusing on end-to-end system integration, stress testing, and hardware-software boundary conditions beyond unit tests. - Partner with System Engineers to debug deep-seated issues in distributed clusters using telemetry and profiling tools to identify bottlenecks.
What you'll need
- Strong proficiency in Python for automation and orchestration. - Proven experience building or extending test automation frameworks for complex back-end systems. - Proven ability to troubleshoot automated test failures within complex large-scale distributed systems and identify root causes. - Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and modern CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins). - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kubernetes or Terraform or Ansible for managing test-bed environments. - Experience testing high-performance networking protocols or distributed file systems. - Experience testing software that interacts directly with drivers or firmware.
Skills: automated testing framework, distributed AI training, GPU kernels, AI frameworks, Kubernetes
This role has been open 12 days — well below the 54-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1009
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$223k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Delos Data | All employers we track in this specialty (1009 roles · 91 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 1009 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 6 | 6292 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 57 d | 54 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $223k |
Skills observed across this category: automated testing framework, distributed AI training, GPU kernels, AI frameworks, Kubernetes
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 282 open roles · median 53 d
- Qualcomm · 65 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 28 d
- Intel Corporation · 49 open roles · median 13 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 102 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 92 d
How we counted: 1009 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 91 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.