Data Scientist 2
Northbridge Financial Corporation•Toronto, ON
•Hybrid
About The Position
The Data Science Team is a central partner to the business for Northbridge’s predictive and prescriptive capability using applied statistics, machine learning or artificial intelligence to build business solutions. The primary role of Data Scientist 2 is to participate in the data science lifecycle to develop and deploy analytical models. Tackle a breadth of challenges from wrangling data, finding the optimal model fit, to delivering results to our business stakeholders.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or relevant field
- 2-4 years of professional experience in applied statistics and/or machine learning model development and implementation
- 2-4 years of professional experience in data wrangling and feature engineering, including SQL writing queries to integrate data from multiple sources
- 2+ years of programming experience with SQL and Python/R
- Proficiency in operational procedures, workflow, and processing functions
Nice To Haves
- Experience in scalable data engineering, software engineering and/or MLOps practices is an asset
Responsibilities
- Participate in the data science lifecycle from understanding the business problem, to data extraction, to model development, to production deployment and change management
- Perform data extraction and wrangling, and conduct exploratory data analysis
- Train and evaluate applied statistics and machine learning models, using open source and cloud based proprietary software
- Develop deployment scripts for batch and real-time delivery of model output
- Maintain deployed models by running and delivering model output and debugging scripts as needed
Benefits
- Hybrid work
- Competitive salaries
- Employee share purchase plan
- Pension plans
- RRSP
- Discounts on staff insurance
- Flexible health benefits
- Early leave days
- Wellness programs
- Rewards and recognition programs
- Education assistance to complete the CIP, FCIP, CRM or other courses desired
- Internal mobility
- Leadership training
- Mentoring programs
- Donation matching
- Team volunteer days
- Total Rewards program that includes benefits, wellness support, and other meaningful perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
