Data Scientist / Engineer (Toronto-Hybrid)

Shift Technology; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI platform for insurance seeks a Data Scientist in Toronto, Canada. You'll develop innovative products in fraud detection and claims automation. Ideal candidates have strong C# and SQL skills, along with a degree in machine learning or statistics. The role involves client communication and business understanding, offering flexible hybrid working options and competitive compensation.

Benefits

Flexible remote and hybrid working options

Competitive Salary

Company equity

Generous PTO and paid holidays

Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in C# and SQL.
• Understanding of statistics and machine learning problems.
• Comfortable communicating with clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop products for fraud detection and claims automation.
• Implement data engineering from client extracts.
• Automate business tasks in production using C#.
• Conduct client meetings and interact with stakeholders.

Skills

C#

SQL

Machine learning knowledge

Client communication

Business understanding

Education

Degree in machine learning or statistics

Job description

Shift is the leading AI platform for insurance. Shift combines generative, agentic, and predictive AI to transform underwriting, claims, and fraud and risk - driving operational efficiency, exceptional customer experiences and measurable business impact. Trusted by the world's leading insurers, Shift delivers AI when and where it matters most, at scale and with proven results.

Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry through our SaaS platform. We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.

The Data Science team works on a broad range of subjects. We actively participate in the definition and development of our suite of products on fraud detection, anti-money laundering and claim automation. We have a lot of technical and professional experience in data science, data engineering, coding, business understanding and client interactions. Additionally, we also work on various data types such as structured data, free text, documents and images.

About the Team

• This role is part of our Data Science team which is the largest team in our organization consisting of over 140+ Data Scientists throughout the world.
• Our Data Scientists work in a full lifecycle role and on a broad range of subjects acquiring extensive technical and professional experience in data science, data engineering, coding, business understanding and client engagement.
• Our company is small enough that each person's achievements has an impact on our overall performance, yet big enough to be a world leader and innovator in our domain.
• As a member of the data science team, you will be working alongside our technical experts and your role will be key to rolling out our enterprise level solutions to our clients.

Job Responsibilities

• You will actively participate in the development of our suite of products : fraud detection, anti-money laundering, and claim automation; and working on various data types such as structured data, free text, documents and images.
• Implementation of the data engineering , usually from client extracts to the insertion of the data in our data stores (SQL, ElasticSearch)
• Developing, testing, tuning models and putting them in production for tasks such as fraud detection and automation detection in complex environments.
• Automate key business tasks by implementing them in our production process framework in C#
• Conduct meetings with clients and interact with external stakeholders, whether it is for direct user feedback, presenting business cases or defining the roadmap of evolutions

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for candidates with diverse technical skills to help us build excellent technology solutions for our clients and be proficient in the following skills :

• Code-savvy with 2+ years of experience in C# and SQL , we thrive on people who can write maintainable, production-quality code that will run everyday without breaking.
• AI-savvy , either by having a degree in machine learning and / or statistics. Having a clear understanding of statistics and machine learning problems, tasks and common resolutions is important to communicate internally and explain to the client how the product is working.
• Client facing . You will need to be comfortable and open to communicating to our clients on a regular basis.
• Business smart . We don't expect candidates to know the insurance sector, but we want applicants who are interested in learning and mastering the business aspects of our products

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EEO Statement

At Shift we thrive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We hire and trust people without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria. Shift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we'd like to highlight :

• Flexible remote and hybrid working options
• Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
• Company equity
• Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)

Additional benefits may be offered by country - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice position are eligible for some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.

At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria.

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