Data Scientist (AI)

Location: Hybrid work at the Oakville, Canada location; candidates must be eligible to work in Canada

Company

hirify.global develops weather intelligence and commercial data products, including The Weather Network.

What you will do

• Design, train, and deploy predictive weather, spatio-temporal, and time-series models using weather feeds and client sales data.
• Analyze complex meteorological datasets and translate probabilistic trends into strategic recommendations.
• Build analytics solutions supporting B2B initiatives, with occasional contributions to B2C and advertising technology initiatives.
• Optimize model performance, inference pipelines, scalability, and compute costs using distributed frameworks and modern machine learning tools.
• Own testing, deployment, monitoring, documentation, and the full lifecycle of production models.
• Collaborate with data engineers, product managers, sales, marketing, customer support, and revenue leaders to integrate algorithms into live APIs and scalable data products.

Requirements

• 3+ years of data science experience, ideally in B2B environments.
• Experience with spatio-temporal modeling, time-series forecasting, and weather data intelligence.
• Strong Google BigQuery and SQL skills, including window functions, query optimization, and large-scale data manipulation.
• Advanced Python skills for statistical modeling, data science, and visualization, with experience using NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, and TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark.
• Degree in a STEM discipline and strong communication skills for explaining complex concepts to non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience developing and deploying deep learning models.
• Experience deploying large language models or retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.
• Experience scaling models across large datasets with distributed processing frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work environment.
• Retirement savings matching plan, personal spending account, and paid time off.
• Course reimbursement program and hirify.global Learning Academy.
• Virtual counseling sessions and free online doctor visits.
• Open communication, employee pulse surveys, inclusion initiatives, and an anonymous reporting platform.

Hiring process

• Interviews are expected to reflect the candidate’s own experience, thinking, and communication.
• AI tools may be used for interview preparation, but real-time AI assistance and automated response tools are not permitted during interviews.