Data Scientist - Applied AI/Gen AI

Location: Toronto, ON; hybrid with 3 days per week onsite required

Salary: 127,000.00–177,000.00 CAD, including target bonus.

Company

hirify.global is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company developing medicines and vaccines to improve patients’ lives.

What you will do

• Apply machine learning, statistics, text mining/NLP, forecasting, and optimization across analytics projects.
• Build models, algorithms, simulations, and experiments using optimized code and state-of-the-art machine learning technologies.
• Conduct ML experiments and deliver production-ready models.
• Use data analysis, visualization, storytelling, and data technologies to define and deliver AI-based data products.
• Collaborate with developers, engineers, and MLOps to deliver AI/ML solutions.

Requirements

• Hands-on AI/ML modeling experience with complex datasets and a strong understanding of AI/ML theory.
• Expertise in most of supervised learning, unsupervised learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, federated learning, time-series forecasting, Bayesian statistics, and optimization.
• Experience developing deployable code and deploying models in product-focused, agile environments, including production-ready software development.
• Comfort working with cloud and high-performance computing environments such as AWS, GCP, Databricks, and Apache Spark.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, business analysis, data visualization, and data storytelling skills, with the ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• BS in mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, statistics, economics, or a related quantitative discipline is required; an MS is preferred.
• 4+ years of analytical experience required.
• Expertise in Python, R, or Scala; familiarity with SQL and NoSQL database systems.
• Knowledge of disciplined AI/ML development, including CI/CD and orchestration, plus Tableau, Power BI, Plotly, or similar tools.
• Experience with enterprise-level APIs.

Nice to have

• Experience in life sciences and healthcare.
• Experience working in a complex global organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive, future-focused environment with opportunities for promotion or lateral career moves in Canada and internationally.
• Rewards package recognizing contribution and impact.
• Healthcare, prevention, wellness, and other employee benefits.
• Equal opportunity employer with accommodations available during recruitment for persons with disabilities.