Full-Time

Technical Product Manager

AltaForge

Posted on 9/11/2026

AltaML

AltaML

51-200 employees

Develops AI agent solutions for clients

Compensation Overview

CA$110k - CA$130k/yr

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Hybrid

Hybrid work environment.

Category
Product (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Claude
Machine Learning
RAG
Observability

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Requirements
  • You have been a software engineer with real systems shipped and maintained.
  • You have managed products from a technical perspective.
  • You have worked with agentic systems and large language model applications.
  • You have done observability, developer tooling, or platform work where your users are developers.
  • You work with artificial intelligence tooling every day, including Claude, agents, and Claude Code.
  • You have made technology choices and lived with their consequences.
  • You have experience speaking with engineers and can explain a technical decision to someone who is not a software engineer.
  • Employees must be trained and well-versed in Responsible AI principles and empowered to enact them and raise or escalate Responsible AI concerns as required.
Responsibilities
  • Own the technical product roadmap for the AltaForge platform, including decisions about platform costs, capabilities, inherited solution characteristics, model performance versus cost, sovereign workloads, shared libraries versus one-off implementations, and observability integration.
  • Conduct technical discovery into product architecture with the team and make technical decisions that support both current and future platform needs.
  • Vet technical products and frameworks and validate them by building quick spikes with AI tools.
  • Use technical discovery to make product decisions and identify trends in agentic programming to inform the product roadmap.
  • Work with internal developers and engineers as platform users to ensure the platform serves them and external clients.
  • Shape the agentic layer built over the company's tools, where agents perform work and people sign off.
  • Elevate public discourse and awareness of AI through open, transparent communications with the broader public.
  • Educate and promote AI and machine learning concepts internally and externally.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with knowledge graphs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems.
  • Experience working with enterprise or public-sector clients, including their security and procurement realities.

AltaML builds AI-powered solutions that help organizations improve decision making and human performance. It uses its AltaForge platform, an AI agent system, to create, deploy, and manage industry-specific applications that combine reusable AI agents with built‑in governance. The platform enables clients to realize value quickly, scale solutions efficiently, and maintain transparency and control over AI use. AltaML differentiates itself with a people-first approach and end-to-end governance, focusing on practical, measurable business outcomes rather than generic tech claims. Its goal is to help humans and AI work together to unlock growth, innovate sustainably, and solve complex challenges.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$9.1M

Headquarters

Edmonton, Canada

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • VerticalScope invested $6.1 million on July 9, 2026, validating commercial demand.
  • Alberta's wildfire forecasting partnership expands AltaML's government pipeline and referenceability.
  • AltaML's 2026 site and hiring pages show ongoing investment in growth and execution.

What critics are saying

  • The July 2026 VerticalScope note refinances debt, signaling continued financing dependence.
  • Cory Janssen sits on VerticalScope's board, creating related-party scrutiny and governance risk.
  • If AltaForge adoption stalls, AltaML becomes a services shop competing against Accenture and Palantir.

What makes AltaML unique

  • AltaForge gives AltaML a proprietary agentic-AI platform for enterprise deployments.
  • Its forward-deployed model embeds engineers inside client teams, accelerating implementation.
  • GovLab with Alberta and Mitacs anchors public-sector AI credibility and access.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Remote Work Options

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Gym Membership

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Stock Options

Company Equity

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Professional Certification Support

Tuition Reimbursement

Adoption Assistance

Parental Leave

Meal Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Adoption Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Referral Bonus

Performance Bonus

Profit Sharing

Note

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

2%
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