Staff Data Scientist

Summary

Join Syndio, a Series C technology company, and become a Data Scientist on our growing data team. Transform raw datasets into structured data products driving internal insights and customer-facing features. Define, shape, and deliver data-powered solutions across intelligent pay products and internal tools. Integrate priority datasets, market benchmarks, and proprietary compensation data into scalable product experiences. Support the AI Center of Excellence by prototyping and delivering AI-powered tools. Build with generative AI through LLM integrations, prompt engineering, or building lightweight tools and agents. This role values initiative, innovation, and leadership potential. Syndio offers competitive compensation, equity, vacation time, paid parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability coverage, and an RSSP.

Requirements

• Experience in data science, analytics engineering, or related fields, preferably in production environments
• Strong business acumen — able to connect data and technology work to organizational goals, understand tradeoffs, and prioritize for impact
• Entrepreneurial and self-directed—you take ownership, propose solutions, and drive initiatives forward
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, especially for data wrangling, transformation, and tooling
• Hands-on experience building with generative AI (e.g., LLM-based tools, prompt workflows, integrations) — agent experience is a strong plus
• Experience working with large, complex datasets in a modern warehouse (BigQuery preferred)
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous or messy data, with a problem-solving mindset
• Interested in compensation or HR data, and excited by the challenges of scaling structured data in real-world applications
• Motivated by impact and growth — you want to scale your influence and grow into a strategic role with broader ownership over time

Responsibilities

• Drive how our most important datasets power data-driven product features in compensation and intelligent pay
• Collaborate directly with stakeholders and SMEs to define and deliver scoped product and tooling work
• Support the AI Center of Excellence by designing and building GenAI-powered internal tools that improve employee workflows
• Build and maintain curated datasets and transformation pipelines in BigQuery
• Develop and iterate on AI prototypes - from prompt-powered tools to agents - to support cross-functional teams
• Help identify new use cases and scale high-impact tools for both external products and internal operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product management or people analytics
• Experience working with labor market data, salary survey data, or expertise in Total Rewards
• Masters or PhD in Social Science, such as Economics
• Experience in project management

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation. For this role our salary is targeted at $170,000 -$199,000 CAD per year. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise
• Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success
• 20 day Vacation Policy. Plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision. Syndio pays 90% of employee premiums, and 50% for dependents
• Life Insurance & Disability. Syndio covers the full premium
• RSSP To help you save for your future
• Fully remote model - #LI-Remote