A Machine Learning Engineer builds and operates the systems that train, serve and monitor models in production. Canada is one of the densest ML talent markets in the world — Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver grew around the research groups that produced modern deep learning, and both Canadian companies and US labs hire here.
Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in Canada
What is a Machine Learning Engineer?
A Machine Learning Engineer builds and operates the systems that train, serve and monitor models in production. Canada is one of the densest ML talent markets in the world — Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver grew around the research groups that produced modern deep learning, and both Canadian companies and US labs hire here.
Pay, measured on ENTRA: across the Machine Learning Engineer postings in this market that publish a salary, the median advertised band is $148K–$190K a year, with the top decile reaching $300K. Read it as a snapshot rather than a market average: one employer accounts for most of the postings that publish a band here. Measured 25 September 2026; the figure is recomputed from live postings, not taken from a survey.
What the job actually involves
- Design training and inference pipelines that run at production scale.
- Own model evaluation, monitoring and retraining, not just the first version.
- Optimise latency, throughput and cost of serving.
- Work with research and product to turn a promising model into a shipped feature.
Skills employers ask for
Remote Machine Learning Engineer Jobs
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Remote Machine Learning Engineer roles at verified companies.
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Companies hiring Machine Learning Engineers
Employers with the most open Machine Learning Engineer roles here right now. Counts are live and move as companies publish and close postings.
Top-Paying Machine Learning Engineer Jobs
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Every ENTRA posting carries a published band — no "competitive".
Salary shown up front.
Every ENTRA posting carries a published band — no "competitive".
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are most ML engineering jobs in Canada?+
Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver hold the bulk of them, with a growing remote share open to candidates anywhere in Canada.
Do US AI companies hire machine learning engineers in Canada?+
Yes — many US labs and platforms run Canadian entities or hire remotely, and post salaries in USD. The postings on this page show the currency each employer used.
Do I need a PhD to be a Machine Learning Engineer in Canada?+
For production ML roles, generally no. Research positions at the labs are where a PhD is usually expected.
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