Lead Data Scientist

Mphasis; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mphasis is seeking a Lead Data Scientist in Vancouver, BC to drive AI/ML engineering initiatives and deliver data-driven insights for complex business problems. The role demands hands-on work, Python and SQL fluency, and production-ready analytical assets.

You will work with modern data platforms, implement reusable pipelines, and collaborate with data engineers and ML engineers while prioritizing practical, deliverable outcomes in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• PhD or master's in a relevant field; strong applied data science experience also considered.
• Hands-on data science with production-facing delivery mindset.
• Proficiency with Python and SQL; ability to build reusable analytical assets and scripts.

Responsibilities

• Build and productionize AI/ML solutions for client problems.
• Collaborate with data engineers and ML engineers; own end-to-end delivery.
• Develop reusable data pipelines, tests, and documentation.
• Explain AI outputs and maintain model cards or validation notes.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to delivery leads and stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

AI/ML engineering

Git

CI/CD

LLM usage

Data visualization

Data wrangling

Problem solving

Education

PhD or Master's in statistics / CS / OR

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

Role Description

Location: Vancouver, BC

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Scientist with a strong foundation in AI/ML engineering to join our dynamic team in Vancouver. The ideal candidate will possess a robust understanding of data science principles, AI-assisted workflows, and engineering practices. This role requires a hands-on approach to solving complex business problems through data-driven insights and the development of reliable analytical assets.

Role Description

Job Title: Lead Data Scientist- AI/ML Engineering

Location: Vancouver, BC

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Scientist with a strong foundation in AI/ML engineering to join our dynamic team in Vancouver. The ideal candidate will possess a robust understanding of data science principles, AI-assisted workflows, and engineering practices. This role requires a hands-on approach to solving complex business problems through data-driven insights and the development of reliable analytical assets.

About The Role

• A. Computer-use and engineering fluency
• Every hire must be able to operate as a modern technical builder, not as a notebook-only analyst.
• Uses Python and SQL fluently.
• Works in Git with branches, pull requests, code review, and reproducible environments.
• Comfortable with terminal, package management, notebooks, scripts, APIs, logs, and containers.
• Can read data from warehouses or lakehouse environments such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Spark, or equivalent.
• Can turn exploratory work into reusable functions, scripts, tests, and documented assumptions.
• Can troubleshoot failed jobs, broken queries, bad joins, package conflicts, and data-quality issues without immediately requiring an engineer.

• AI-assisted coding and analysis is a hard requirement.
• Uses LLMs or coding agents for exploration, code generation, refactoring, documentation, test creation, debugging, or analysis acceleration.
• Can explain what AI-generated output they accepted, rejected, rewrote, and tested.
• Can detect plausible but wrong AI output.

• Focus practical data science for delivery. Candidates should be able to use data to clarify business problems, build reliable analytical assets, evaluate options, and support implementation decisions in messy client environments.
• Working confidently with messy enterprise data: missing values, inconsistent definitions, broken joins, sparse history, duplicated records, and changing business rules.
• Building practical analytical workflows in Python and SQL that can be reused by other team members.
• Understanding forecasting, experimentation, optimization, and ML concepts well enough to apply or evaluate them pragmatically.
• Knowing when a simple analytical method is sufficient and when deeper modeling support is required.
• Communicating findings, assumptions, data limitations, and recommended next steps in a way that delivery leads and client stakeholders can act on.

• Not every hire needs to be an ML engineer, but every hire must understand production constraints.
• Understands batch pipelines, feature generation, data contracts, basic orchestration, model artifacts, environment management, and CI/CD concepts.
• Can work with data engineers and ML engineers without throwing work 'over the wall'.
• Can create or interpret data-quality checks.
• Understands model versioning, data versioning, reproducibility, deployment handoff, monitoring, and rollback concepts.
• Can produce a model card, validation note, or handoff document that another team can operate.

Qualifications

Candidates should possess a PhD or master's degree in a relevant field such as statistics, computer science, applied computing, industrial engineering, operations research, econometrics, quantitative economics, engineering, or applied mathematics/physics. Strong bachelor’s candidates with demonstrated applied data science experience will also be considered.

About Mphasis

Mphasis applies next-generation technology to help enterprises transform businesses globally. Customer centricity is foundational to Mphasis and is reflected in the Mphasis' Front2Back Transformation approach. Front2Back uses the exponential power of cloud and cognitive to provide hyper-personalized (C=X2C2TM=1) digital experience to clients and their end customers. Mphasis' Service Transformation approach helps 'shrink the core' through the application of digital technologies across legacy environments within an enterprise, enabling businesses to stay ahead in a changing world. Mphasis' core reference architectures and tools, speed and innovation with domain expertise and specialization are key to building strong relationships with marquee clients.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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