Data Scientist, Product Data Science

Summary

Join Wealthsimple, Canada's largest fintech company, as a Data Scientist on the Growth Data Science team. You will partner with various teams to support high-priority efforts, design and execute experiments, build machine learning models, translate business requirements into data models, and build robust data models in a cloud data warehouse. You will also apply software best practices, continuously seek the simplest solutions, take ownership of your work, and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders. This remote-first position offers competitive salary, top-tier health benefits, retirement savings matching, generous vacation time, wellness and professional development budgets, a 90-day away program, employee resource groups, and company-wide wellness days off.

Requirements

• Strong business acumen and product sense
• Excellent Python & SQL skills, first hand experience working with popular Python libraries such as Pandas, scikit-learn, numpy and Jupyter
• Strong understanding of statistics: both frequentist and Bayesian approaches
• Strong understanding of fundamental machine learning algorithms: e.g. regression and decision trees
• Able to articulate their stance in a manner that effectively collaborates with different stakeholders
• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and effectively manages complexity and change
• Has exceptional communication skills and is able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical teams
• Is eager to teach and learn from your team. We value making each other successful!
• Is a lifelong learner. You’re constantly learning seeing and welcoming feedback to continue improving yourself and your craft

Responsibilities

• Partner with our Product, Marketing, Sales, and Engineering teams to support work across some of Wealthsimple’s highest priority efforts
• Design and execute experiments to evaluate new product features and drive business decisions
• Apply statistical techniques and build machine learning models to solve real life product problems and to inform product strategies
• Translate business requirements into data models and analyses that will help stakeholders answer key business questions and inform strategic decisions
• Build robust, efficient, and integrated data models in cloud data warehouse that will be used as the source of truth for analytics across the Growth organization
• Apply software best practices like version control and continuous integration to the analytics code base; ensure data models are well testing, documented and maintained
• Continuously look for the simplest, most effective way to approach challenges; Occam’s razor is your friend
• Take ownership and ship it

Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
• 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
• Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
• A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year