Senior Data Scientist

Hiive; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hiive, a top Canadian fintech startup, seeks its first Data Scientist to drive insights from data and elevate market understanding. The role involves collaboration across teams to develop analytics tools and analyze market dynamics, contributing significantly to product strategy. Enjoy a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a vibrant team culture with significant growth opportunities in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee stock option plan

100% employer-paid health and dental premiums

Onsite gym and healthy snacks

$20-per-day commuter benefit

Engaging social calendar with team events

Opportunities for growth

Sponsorship for exceptional candidates

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data science, preferably in a marketplace/financial context.
• Hands-on experience with data science workflows and tools.
• Ability to present complex findings clearly for various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with business teams to identify data needs and opportunities.
• Lead data science projects from ideation to execution.
• Analyze historical data to provide insights on user behavior.

Skills

Statistical concepts

Data visualization

Communication skills

Machine Learning

Data analysis

Education

Degree in Applied Statistics, Mathematics, Economics

Tools

SQL

Python

dbt

Snowflake

GitHub

Job description

Named #4 startup in Canada for 2024, Hiive is a fintech/marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies. Thanks to our industry-leading technology and best-in-class capital markets team, we are home to the fastest-growing marketplace for the stock of “unicorns” on the planet. As a profitable and rapidly growing business backed by US venture capital investors, we are seeking to scale our high-performing team.

Interested in learning more about life at Hiive? Check out our careers page to see how you can grow with us!

As Hiive’s first Data Scientist, you’ll shape our understanding of private market dynamics and elevate our external thought leadership through data-driven insights. Working closely with the Head of Data and company leadership, you’ll help define the data science function and maximize its impact. Your work will uncover how users find value in our platform, analyze trading dynamics and liquidity, and surface opportunities to improve products, operations, and strategy. By building analytics tools and translating complex questions into actionable research, you'll empower teams across Hiive to make smarter, data-informed decisions.

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Working with business teams to understand data needs and identify new opportunities.

• Leading data science projects end-to-end, from ideation to prioritization.

• Integrating external data via in-house collection (e.g., web scraping) or partnerships.

• Analyzing historical data using statistical methods to understand user behaviour, supply and demand dynamics, and financial index performance.

• Presenting findings to various audiences, including executives.

• Researching, standardizing, and documenting core business metrics and KPIs.

• Collaborating with the data team on new data-driven products and data model improvements for data science use cases.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in a data science role (preferably in a marketplace/financial trading industry context), ML experience an asset.

• Degree in Applied Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field.

• Ability to leverage advanced statistical concepts and select appropriate methodologies for various scenarios (small sample sizes, highly skewed data, sparse or missing data, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with data science workflows, tools, and best practices.

• Strength and passion for generating insights from complex or confusing data.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to translate complex technical concepts into compelling insights and storytelling.

• Exceptional data presentation and visualization skills.

• Preferred stack experience:

  • SQL

  • Python

  • dbt

  • Snowflake

  • Omni (or Looker)

  • GitHub

  • Modern notebook tools (Hex, Google Colab, Snowpark, etc.)

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in marketplaces or financial industry.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.

• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.