Senior Data Scientist, Valuations

Wealthsimple; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Canada is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for the Valuations Data Science & Engineering team. In this role, you will build and productionize machine learning models, enhance client experience, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has deep experience in machine learning, statistical methods, and coding. This position offers a competitive salary, health benefits, and a remote-first work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration to help shape the financial future of millions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Retirement savings matching

20 vacation days per year

$1,500 professional development budget

90 days international work program

Qualifications

• Deep experience in building end-to-end productionized machine learning pipelines.
• Strong technical skills in coding (SQL & Python) and statistical methods.
• Comfortable with data modeling and software engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and productionize machine learning models.
• Design and execute product experiments.
• Translate experimental results into products and solutions.

Skills

Machine Learning Pipelines

Experimental Design

SQL

Python

Data Modeling

Statistical Methods

Feature Engineering

Tools

dbt

Version Control

Job description

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

The Valuations Data Science & Engineering team consists of data scientists with diverse educational backgrounds. The team is responsible for delivering state-of-the-art machine learning solutions and advanced analytics for all domains to support personalization and data-driven financial valuations at Wealthsimple. The team is staffed with seasoned data experts and well supported by product managers, software developers, and risk strategists.

We are hiring for a Senior Data Scientist for the Valuations DSE team. You will be responsible for building robust machine learning pipelines, conducting end to end experiments, and fortifying our data foundations. A successful candidate is able to blend expertise in experimental design, predictive modelling and software engineering while effectively communicating with stakeholders.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Going from 0 to 1 - Build and productionize machine learning models.
• Design and execute product experiments to help improve Wealthsimple’s client experience.
• Work with cross-functional teams within Growth, Product, Marketing, and Engineering.
• Translate experimental results into products and solutionsSpearhead data modelling strategyEnsure models are well tested, documented and maintained.
• Believe that simple is better, Occam's razor is your friendTake ownership and ship it; release incrementally and iteratively.
• Teach and learn from your teammates. We value making others successful.

Requirements:

• Deep experience in building end-to-end productionized machine learning pipelines.
• Deep experience in complex experimental design (A/B tests, factorial design).
• Strong technical skills in coding (SQL & Python) and statistical methods.
• Comfortable with data modelling and software engineering best practices such as dbt, unit testing and version control.
• Extensive experience with machine learning feature engineering.
• Results-driven: keeping things as simple as possible to achieve the product goals and ship new new products.
• Curiosity: willing to dive deep into product strategies and business context.
• Able to build and maintain multi-functional relationships with various teams across the business.
• Experience working in the risk management domain is a plus

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business

🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days

📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively

🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

💖 Allocated number of Wellness Days that can be scheduled over the course of the year!

We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple

We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.