Senior Data Scientist

Global Relay; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in enterprise information archiving is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to build AI and machine learning solutions. The role involves collaborating with agile teams, tackling big data challenges, and mentoring junior staff. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive extended health benefits

Virtual healthcare

Wellness allowance

Paid sick days

Corporate bonuses

RRSP contribution matching program

Subsidized meal program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with solving machine learning problems.
• Experience working with very large data sets in an enterprise-wide application environment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with data scientists and developers to build and deploy models.
• Execute all steps in the data science process from understanding requirements to deploying models.
• Mentor junior and intermediate data scientists.

Skills

Machine Learning

Python

Bash

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

BSc in a STEM or Linguistics subject

MSc in a STEM or Linguistics subject

PhD in a STEM or Linguistics subject

Tools

PyTorch

Sklearn

TensorFlow

TensorRT

Job description

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Who we are:

For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Who we are:

For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

We encourage you to apply if your qualifications and experience are a good fit for any of our openings.

Your role:

As a Senior Data Scientist you will be building artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for Global Relay’s customers. Our solutions are developed by small, focused agile teams of data scientist and developers. You will be applying a wide variety of models to very large electronic communication archives in order to classify and understand communication content. You'll have the opportunity to work in machine translation, transcription, natural language processing, LLMs (large language models), and/or generative AI. You also get to tackle interesting and engaging problems related to scalability and high availability in big data environments.

This is an opportunity to work alongside some of the best data scientist in Vancouver and apply your craft in an environment that encourages creative thinking and collaboration.

Your job:

• Work closely with other data scientists and developers in building and deploying various machine learning models
• Execute all steps in the data science process from understanding business requirements to deploying models
• Produce reports detailing model performance
• Take initiative to identify and solve important problems, coordinating with others on cross-cutting technical issues
• Participate in design review, code review, sprint planning, and other Agile artifacts
• Collaborate with Product Management on user story generation and refinement
• Contribute to knowledge sharing activities with colleagues
• Mentor junior and intermediate data scientist via pairing and reviews
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the team’s code, architecture, and processes
  
  
  

About you:

• 5+ years of experience with solving machine learning problems
• BSc in a STEM or Linguistics subject or equivalent work experience
• Experience working with very large data sets in an enterprise-wide application environment
• Experience with Python and Bash
• Experience with common machine learning libraries such as: PyTorch, Sklearn, TensorFlow, TensorRT and others
• Experience mentoring junior and intermediate data scientists
• Strong organizational and communication skills
  
  
  

Nice-to-haves:

• MSc in a STEM or Linguistics subject (considered 1 additional year of experience)
• PhD in a STEM or Linguistics subject (considered 2 additional year of experience)
• Data collection and cleaning experience
• Data engineering skills
• Experience with:
• Acoustic or language models for speech recognition
• Natural language processing models
• Large language models
• Kubernetes and micro services
• Working in an agile development environment
  
  
  

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbia’s pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background.

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days, maternity/parental enhancement program, corporate bonuses, and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees, we provide a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base Salary Range:

$120,000—$130,000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

We understand flexible work arrangements are important, and we encourage that in our work culture. Whether it’s flexibility around work hours, workstyle, or lifestyle, we want to ensure our employees have a healthy work/life balance. We support and value a hybrid work model that blends collaboration with the team in the office and focus time from the comfort of your home.

To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit www.globalrelay.com.

Seniority level

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  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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