Hire LLM developers · Toronto

Hire LLM and RAG developers in Toronto

Ship faster with senior engineers at offshore rates, overlapping your morning with a daily live stand-up.

Hire senior LLM developers from Clarigo Infotech who have built and run generative AI in production: RAG search, assistants, agents and AI features inside real products. They work across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and open-source models, and care about evaluation, guardrails and cost. Rates are typically $25 to $49 per hour, and you own all the code.

Canadian companies most often hire us for clinic and healthcare automation, AI agents and custom web and mobile apps.

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10+

Years of delivery

600+

Projects delivered

20+

Countries served

25-30

Days to a live MVP

Get a free consultation

Tell us what you need. A senior engineer replies within one working day.

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What matters to Toronto teams

Speed, ROI and a team that scales with you

North American teams care about getting to market fast and proving return on investment. We focus on a production launch in weeks and measurable results after it.

01

Production in 25 to 30 days

A real, launchable first version in about a month, so you can sell, raise or learn sooner.

02

Senior talent, lower burn

Senior engineers at typical rates of $25 to $49 per hour, without recruiting costs or long notice periods.

03

Built to scale

Cloud architecture, automated tests and CI/CD from day one, ready for your next growth stage.

04

Security and compliance ready

HIPAA-trained team, HL7/FHIR experience, and security practices that fit SOC 2-style questionnaires.

What we do

What our LLM developers do

RAG and AI search

Answer questions from your documents and data, with citations.

AI agents

Agents that use tools and take actions in your systems, with clear limits.

LLM features in your product

Summaries, drafting, classification and chat built into your app.

Evaluation and testing

Test sets and automated checks that measure answer quality.

Guardrails and privacy

PII masking, content filters and permission-aware retrieval.

Cost optimisation

Model routing, caching and prompt design to control spend.

In depth

What to expect when you hire

How we vet developers

Every developer has shipped LLM features to real users and passes a practical review covering retrieval design, prompt and tool design, evaluation and production monitoring.

How they work with you

Your developer joins your tools and stand-ups, shares evaluation results regularly and has a named lead at Clarigo for support and cover.

Working with us from Toronto

Built for Toronto teams

Time-zone overlap

We overlap with Eastern Time mornings and run flexible shifts for a live daily stand-up, with progress ready each morning.

PIPEDA and provincial privacy laws

We build to PIPEDA principles (consent, limited collection, safeguards and access), keep data in Canadian cloud regions when required, and sign NDAs and data agreements before work starts.

Billing

Invoices in Canadian dollars (CAD) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.

Developers · Toronto

Built for Toronto's key sectors

Toronto-area clinics, startups and growing companies use us to build healthcare software, AI assistants and SaaS products, designed with PIPEDA in mind and with data kept in Canadian cloud regions when required.

Natural resources and energy

Mining and oil firms digitise field operations and reporting. Senior engineers who understand this sector's systems and data.

Financial services

Major banks and fintechs modernise digital banking. Add experienced developers without a long hiring process.

AI research and tech

Strong AI ecosystem fuels startups shipping ML products. Our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.

Agriculture and food

Farm and food producers adopt supply-chain and traceability tools. Senior engineers who understand this sector's systems and data.

Toronto time · Toronto

Meetings in your time zone

Our team's hours, in Toronto time

23:30–09:00

Monday to Friday

Overlap with your working day

Flexible shift

Evening shift for a live stand-up, progress overnight

Daily stand-up

09:30

Toronto time, plus written updates every evening

Local setup

Local platforms and setup

Languages

EnglishFrench

Local payments

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Data hosting

AWS Canada (Central) and Canada West (Calgary), Google Cloud Montreal and Toronto, in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.

How to hire

Choose how you work with us

Dedicated developer

A full-time senior engineer who works only on your product, inside your tools and stand-ups.

Best for ongoing product work

Dedicated team

A small pod (for example 2 engineers, a designer and a project lead) that owns a product end to end.

Best for building a new product

Fixed-scope project

A clear scope, timeline and price, such as an MVP live in 25 to 30 days.

Best for a defined first version

Process

How it works

1. Tell us what you need

Share the role, skills, time zone and how long you need the developers. Free, no commitment.

2. Meet your developers

Within days we introduce senior engineers matched to your stack. Interview them before you decide.

3. Start with a trial sprint

Begin with a short paid sprint so you can judge code quality, communication and speed.

4. Scale up or down

Add or remove developers as your roadmap changes. You keep full ownership of all code.

FAQ

Hire LLM and RAG developers: questions from Toronto

Do you work with companies in Toronto?+

Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Toronto, including Toronto, Mississauga, Waterloo, as part of clients in 20+ countries. Canadian companies most often hire us for clinic and healthcare automation, AI agents and custom web and mobile apps. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.

What time-zone overlap do we get from Toronto?+

We overlap with Eastern Time mornings and run flexible shifts for a live daily stand-up, with progress ready each morning.

How do you handle PIPEDA and provincial privacy laws?+

We build to PIPEDA principles (consent, limited collection, safeguards and access), keep data in Canadian cloud regions when required, and sign NDAs and data agreements before work starts.

Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+

We bill in Canadian dollars (CAD) or US dollars. Senior engineers typically cost $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, and fixed-scope projects such as an MVP in 25 to 30 days are quoted after a free consultation.

Where will our data be hosted?+

Usually in AWS Canada (Central) and Canada West (Calgary), Google Cloud Montreal and Toronto, or wherever your data rules require. Everything runs in your own cloud account, so you stay in control.

Do you work with natural resources and energy companies?+

Yes. Natural resources and energy is one of Toronto's key sectors, and our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.

What time are your meetings in Toronto time?+

Our core hours fall outside your day, so we run a flexible shift for a daily stand-up at about 09:30 Toronto time, and the rest of the work moves forward overnight.

Can they work with our data securely?+

Yes. They follow data-minimisation, masking and access-control practices, and can deploy open-source models on your cloud when data must stay in-house.

Who owns the code and prompts?+

You do: all code, prompts, evaluation sets and accounts are yours.