About the role

Senior R&D Data Scientist at Triton Digital developing data-driven solutions for podcast and radio platforms. Collaborating with teams to implement innovative data science methods and machine learning algorithms.

Responsibilities

Collaborate within the team and cross-functionally to help define the project stages and help select the best approaches at each stage
Collaborate within the team to form hypothesis and plan the experimental work at each project stage
Test and compare different methods and algorithms during the experimental project phases
Produce high quality code in PySpark that is easily reviewed by others and easily incorporated into the project’s data processing pipeline
Produce methodologies that lead to explainable results
Select the most appropriate R&D methodology for solving the business problem at hand
Perform extensive data analyses on the input data at the beginning of a project to understand its issues
Innovate to create and validate variables and use them as input data to train machine learning models, create custom logic rules, or a combination of both
Perform extensive data analyses on results throughout the course of a project to validate them
Prepare results dashboards and presentation materials to explain work progress and outcomes to decision makers, project stakeholders, and during sprint reviews or team meetings

Minimum education requirement: BSc or MSc in computer science or a STEM field with courses in statistical analysis or other advanced data analysis disciplines
Minimum 5 years of work experience in a business environment using Python, PySpark or Scala
Minimum of 3 years worked as a main contributor to create, validate and help implement data-driven solutions in PySpark or Scala
Proven track record of using judgment and decision skills to interpret results, to communicate, and to carry out R&D data science work in a result-driven manner
Proven track record of using exploratory data analysis to understand the input data and the results, and to investigate problems to find the causes and create solutions
Ability to work under pressure, learn continuously and pivot to correct the course of the R&D data science work
Ability to focus on the problem and use creative approaches efficiently from the early stages of a project when there are more unknowns than knowns
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within the Data Science team and with cross-functional teams
Strong communication and time management skills.

Fully remote position
4 weeks of vacation + 5 paid personal days annually
Group insurance programs as of your first day, including access to telemedicine and an EAP
Collective RRSP with matching contribution of 4%