Staff Data Scientist (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Data Scientist (AI): Defining the long-term forecasting roadmap and leading the architectural design of complex ML systems with an accent on scalability, maintainability, and seamless integration. Focus on Generative AI, designing RAG architectures, evaluating foundation models, and establishing fine-tuning protocols for proprietary data.

Location: Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local hirify.globalns (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.

Salary: $153,600 to $230,400 CAD

Company

hirify.global is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster, and more securely.

What you will do

• Define the long-term forecasting roadmap and establish architectural standards for the entire company.
• Lead the architectural design of complex ML systems, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and integrated seamlessly with the broader engineering stack.
• Own the development of "tier-1" models using advanced statistical, deep learning, or Reinforcement Learning techniques.
• Act as the subject matter expert for Generative AI; design RAG architectures, evaluate foundation models, and establish fine-tuning protocols for proprietary data.
• Define the team’s technical standards for CI/CD, model versioning, and automated testing.
• Partner with Data Engineering to optimize data pipelines for ML and with Product to ensure technical feasibility of the long-term vision.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or a highly quantitative field, with a track record of deploying models that drove significant revenue or cost savings.
• Mastery of System Design and state-of-the-art time-series research.
• Expertise in Python and SQL.
• Advanced experience with AWS and Databricks.
• Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration (LangChain, Haystack), vector databases, and PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
• $2000 annual counseling benefit.
• RRSP matching and RESP contribution.
• hirify.globalversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years.