Graduate Talent Scientist — Remote, Data-Driven Hiring

Canonical Ltd.; Zürich; Remote; CHF 35,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget USD 2,000/year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities for company roles

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking entry-level Talent Science professionals to join our remote-based team serving the EMEA region. You will learn to apply behavioral interviewing, psychometrics, and data-driven hiring strategies to help us hire exceptional talent.

You will gain hands-on experience with SQL and Python, analyze data, and support scalable processes. This role emphasizes collaboration with senior stakeholders and offers a global, distributed work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical ability to dissect and analyse data using SQL and Python.
• Knowledge of statistics and data visualization is advantageous.
• Experience with talent analytics or recruitment analytics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Learn to assess candidates using behavioural interview techniques.
• Understand psychometrics and how they relate to hiring decisions.
• Support process and documentation improvements for hiring workflows.
• Contribute to projects that require advanced analytics to derive insights for hiring.
• Build stakeholder relationships and support solving complex talent problems.
• Develop understanding of Canonical's systems and platforms to assist hiring teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

Statistics

Data analysis

English (professional)

Education

Undergraduate degree in psychology or related field

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking entry-level Talent Science professionals to join our remote-based team serving the EMEA region. You will learn to apply behavioral interviewing, psychometrics, and data-driven hiring strategies to help us hire exceptional talent.

You will gain hands-on experience with SQL and Python, analyze data, and support scalable processes. This role emphasizes collaboration with senior stakeholders and offers a global, distributed work environment.