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Staff Data Scientist

Canada +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026

Location
Canada
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Experience
5+ years in data science; the posting also requests experience delivering production ML systems and mentoring or tech-lead experience.

About the job

Leads the development and productionization of machine learning systems for product and business use cases, while setting technical standards and mentoring data scientists.

What you'll do

  • Own the ML lifecycle from problem framing and data exploration through modeling, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Design ML and statistical models, and lead experimentation and cross-functional work to improve business and product outcomes.
  • Guide technical standards and architecture, mentor data scientists, and promote use of AI tools in development workflows.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of data science experience delivering production ML systems with measurable impact.
  • Expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning, and model evaluation; experience with product data at scale, distributed processing, real-time inference, and MLOps.
  • Experience leading experimentation, causal inference, and real-time decision systems, and mentoring data scientists or serving as a tech lead.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with ML frameworks, software engineering practices, and cloud platforms.

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related STEM field.
  • Familiarity with MLOps tooling or experience fine-tuning LLMs and applying RLHF.

Pay

$127,000 — $203,000 CAD (base salary)

Tools

Python, SQL, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, AWS, SageMaker, Bedrock

AI focus

Develops ML systems for recommendations, forecasting, targeting, and personalization; uses AI tools to improve development workflow. LLM fine-tuning and RLHF are listed as preferred experience.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)