Senior AI Scientist

CIBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks an AI expert to join their Enterprise Advanced Analytics and AI team in Toronto. In this permanent position, you will tackle business challenges with innovative AI solutions, collaborating across teams and leading enhancements in AI methodologies. You will mentor junior staff and drive impactful analytical solutions in a dynamic environment committed to inclusion and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in machine learning, natural language processing, or AI techniques.
• Hands-on with AI toolkits like TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
• Proficient in writing SQL/Spark scripts and developing Python code.

Responsibilities

• Provide AI solutions using various techniques to solve business problems.
• Work collaboratively with business units to translate data into insights.
• Mentor junior team members and enhance AI techniques.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Data Analysis

Education

Degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Python

R

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL/Spark

Job description

What You will Be Doing

The Enterprise Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence team is the centre of AI excellence within CIBC and is leading the way in applying best practices in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing, leveraging the latest technology and platforms. We collaborate with leading academic institutes in AI and machine learning to promote the exchange of ideas and enrich our talent. Our work covers every aspect of the research life cycle, from partnering with academia to building production systems. We work with product, technology, and business partners to apply the state of the art in AI to our business.

With your practical experience in the domain of Artificial Intelligence, you will apply your knowledge and experience of advanced modelling to solve challenging business problems and build innovative solutions. You’ll interact with groups across the organization—from products and segments to marketing, channels, risk, and capital markets. You’ll work with real-world structured and unstructured datasets to produce end-to-end solutions, taking models from experimentation to deployment.

How You’ll Succeed

Artificial Intelligence Expertise - Provide AI solutions to solve business problems leveraging statistics, machine learning, natural language processing, GenAI, and optimization techniques. Ability to conduct self-directed research, typically using non-traditional resources to solve business problems.

Analytical Partner - Work with business units to understand their needs, opportunities, and pain points. Translate data into insights to inform decision-making. Focus on relationship building and become a trusted analytical partner.

Intellectual Curiosity and Continuous Improvement - Maintain a strong desire to enhance AI/ML techniques and approaches. Collaborate with data experts to understand data and engineer relevant features. Work effectively with data scientists and engineers to develop data products. Mentor junior team members and offer technical thought leadership.

Who You Are

You have a degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.

You can demonstrate experience in machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), natural language understanding (NLU), and/or other AI techniques with tools like TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, etc.

Extensive hands-on experience with at least one AI toolkit, such as Python or R. Proficient in writing SQL/Spark scripts, developing robust and efficient modular Python code outside of notebooks, creating APIs, and working with Git version control tools.

You're passionate about people, driven by collective success, and recognize that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life.

Values matter to you. Committed to bringing your authentic self to work and living our purpose—always professional, radically simple, and genuinely caring. Dedicated to embodying our core values of trust, teamwork, and accountability in all professional endeavors.

Location: Toronto - 81 Bay, 21st Floor

Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week