Senior Data Scientist

Banque Nationale du Canada; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness program

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Involvement in community initiatives

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

National Bank of Canada is seeking a senior data scientist for the Western Excellence Center AI and Transformation Delivery. You will design, deploy, and operationalize data science solutions to improve client experience, strengthen risk management, and boost efficiency.

You will frame analytics, develop ML models including LLM and RAG, perform EDA, manage model lifecycle, and promote best practices across teams with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/engineering/data science/statistics with 3–5 years of production analytics experience.
• Hands-on data wrangling, preprocessing, visualization, ETL, and SAS Viya or equivalent.
• Knowledge of containers, orchestration, cloud environments (AWS/Azure), and deployment practices.

Responsibilities

• Frame high-impact analytics and AI mandates with partners and translate into data science solutions.
• Design, develop, validate, and deploy ML, statistical, and LLM models including RAG solutions.
• Perform EDA, feature engineering, model experiments, and present findings to guide decisions.
• Implement model lifecycle practices: MLOps, CI/CD, monitoring, auditing documentation.
• Define best practices, reusable patterns, and documentation for models and data lineage.
• Support delivery activities: planning, testing, demonstrations, training, knowledge transfer.

Skills

Artificial intelligence

Data visualization

Data structures

Problem solving

Statistics

Teamwork

Data-driven decision-making

Detail-oriented

Initiative

Learning agility

Data pipeline

Exploratory data analysis

Business acumen

Delivery focus

Education

Degree in computer science / engineering / data science / statistics

Tools

SAS Viya

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Git / Source control

Job description

Area(s) of interest: Business intelligence and data

Location(s): Edmonton

A career as a senior data scientist in the Western Excellence Center AI and Transformation Delivery team at National Bank means acting as a specialist in advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence solutions. This job allows you to have a positive impact on our organization thanks to your experience in designing, deploying, and operationalizing data science solutions that improve client experience, strengthen risk management, and support operational efficiency.

Your role

• Frame high-impact analytics and artificial intelligence mandates with partners, clarify business needs, and translate them into concrete data science solutions.
• Design, develop, validate, and deploy machine learning, statistical, and generative artificial intelligence models, including large language model solutions and retrieval-augmented generation.
• Perform exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model experimentation, and communicate findings through clear recommendations that support decision‑making.
• Implement model lifecycle practices, including model operations, continuous integration and delivery, monitoring, issue resolution, performance tracking, and audit‑ready documentation.
• Define and promote development best practices, standards, reusable patterns, and strong documentation practices for models, data lineage, assumptions, and artificial intelligence processes.
• Support delivery activities such as planning, testing, troubleshooting, demonstrations, training, and knowledge transfer to help teams adopt new methods and tools.

Your team

Within the Western Excellence Center AI and Transformation Delivery department, you are part of a multidisciplinary team working closely with artificial intelligence, data governance, infrastructure, information architecture, security, database and data warehouse administration, business analysis, quality assurance, and business stakeholder teams. You report to the management team and operate with autonomy within established standards. Our team stands out for its focus on innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. We aim to offer you maximum flexibility to promote your quality of life. This includes a hybrid work environment and a flexible, adaptable schedule.

The Bank values continuous development and internal mobility. Our personalized training programs, based on learning through action, allow you to master your role and develop new areas of expertise. Tools such as the Data Academy, language training, the Harvard Learning Center, and coaching and mentoring support are available to you at all times.

Requirements

• Hold a degree in computer science, engineering, data science, statistics, or another related field, combined with 3 to 5 years of experience delivering production analytics or machine learning solutions.
• Have experience with data wrangling, preprocessing, visualization, extract‑transform‑load processes, and tools such as SAS Viya or equivalent platforms.
• Have experience with model management, model operations tools, continuous integration and delivery pipelines, source control, and modern development environments.
• Have practical knowledge of containers, orchestration, cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure, and production deployment practices.

Languages:

Skills

Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility

Artificial Intelligence Communication Data Structures Data Visualization Diversity & Inclusion Problem Solving Statistics Teamwork Business Acumen Data-Driven Decision-Making Detail-oriented Initiative Learning Agility Data pipeline Exploratory Data Analysis

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
• * Employee Share Ownership Plan
• * Employee and family assistance program
• * Preferential banking services
• * Involvement in community initiatives
• * 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?

Why work at National Bank?

For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

National Bank of Canada 2.94K subscribers

Sign up to get information on what’s new for your career and our events.

Complete your profile for a personalized experience and search made easy with job alerts relevant to you.