Senior AI Data Scientist - montréal

Bilinguallink; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness program

Flexible group insurance

Generous pension plan

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Involvement in community initiatives

Telemedicine service

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

National Bank is seeking a Senior AI Data Scientist to advance an enterprise intelligent document processing platform. You will focus on model evaluation, continuous improvement, and measurable business value through production-ready analytics and governance.

You will work in a cross-functional team with analysts, developers, architects and operations to drive quality, reliability and evolution of AI solutions across the bank.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a related field is required
• 7–10 years of relevant experience
• Experience in model evaluation, advanced analytics or improving solutions in production
• Master concepts related to performance metrics, validation and monitoring of models
• Solid experience with Python and solid knowledge of SQL
• Understand AI issues in production including robustness, drift, governance and security
• Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data

Responsibilities

• Define and develop quality metrics related to classification, extraction, validation and confidence scores
• Build and maintain the reference, validation and test data sets needed to evaluate models
• Analyze production results and identify the causes of problems to propose concrete improvements
• Help develop models, prompts, confidence thresholds and validation rules
• Compare different versions to detect regressions and support releases
• Track performance over time to identify drifts and recommend adjustments

Skills

Python

SQL

Model evaluation

Advanced analytics

Production monitoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

A career as a Senior AI Data scientist in the Hyper Automation – Cross-sector Solutions, Acceleration and Data team at National Bank means serving as an applied Artificial Intelligence specialist. This position allows you to have a concrete impact on the performance and evolution of an enterprise platform thanks to your expertise in applied data science, model evaluation and continuous improvement. You contribute directly to the quality, reliability and evolution of an intelligent document processing platform used on a large scale. Your role focuses on measurable results, improving models in production and delivering concrete value to business teams.

Your job

• Define and develop quality metrics related to classification, extraction, validation and confidence scores
• Build and maintain the reference, validation and test data sets needed to evaluate models
• Analyze production results and identify the causes of problems in order to propose concrete improvements
• Help develop models, prompts, confidence thresholds and validation rules
• Compare different versions to detect regressions and support releases
• Track performance over time to identify drifts and recommend adjustments

Your team

Cross-sector Solutions, Acceleration and Data, you are part of a multidisciplinary team of specialists in business analysis, development, architecture and operations. It is also a specialised team that works in an agile, proactive and collaborative manner to improve processes and develop automation capabilities across the Bank. You work in a collaborative environment where quality, discipline and continuous improvement are at the heart of our priorities.

The Bank values continuous development and internal mobility. Our personalised training programs, based on on on-the-job learning, help you master your profession and develop new fields of expertise. Tools such as the Data Academy, language training, the Harvard Learning Centre and coaching and mentoring support are available to you at any time.

Prerequisites

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field and 7 to 10 years of relevant experience
• Experience in model evaluation, advanced analytics or improving solutions in production
• Master the concepts related to performance metrics, validation and monitoring of models
• Solid experience with Python and solid knowledge of SQL
• Understand artificial intelligence issues in production, including robustness, drift, governance and security
• Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data

Your benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Flexible group insurance
• Generous pension plan
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and family assistance program
• Preferential banking services
• Involvement in community initiatives
• Telemedicine service
• Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

Making a bold move in a people-first environment

We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments. We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier-free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources. If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Join us!