Senior Data Scientist
Staples Canada
Date: 6 days ago
City: Richmond Hill, ON
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
Some of what you will do:
The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for applying advanced analytical methodology to drive business decisions at STAPLES Canada. You will perform statistical analysis, build models, and leverage machine learning to solve complex business problems. As a senior contributor, you will directly collaborate with multiple teams to build models and leverage machine learning to solve complex business problems. This role will drive company profitability through customer personalization, product recommendations, and supply chain process optimization. You will develop a comprehensive understanding of business processes to mentor members of the team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help drive data technology decisions at one of Canada’s largest online retailers.
Specifically, You Will
About Us
Staples Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with disabilities.
About The Team
About the Team
At Staples Canada we are dynamic, inspiring partners to our customers and the communities in which we live. As The Working and Learning Company, we inspire people to work smarter, learn more and grow every day. We’re looking for curious, approachable, and passionate individuals who love finding solutions. If that’s you, let’s work, learn, and grow together.
We are building an inclusive and diverse team
Staples Canada is continuously working towards creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. We welcome, value and thrive on perspectives and contributions from backgrounds that vary by race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Some of what you will do:
The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for applying advanced analytical methodology to drive business decisions at STAPLES Canada. You will perform statistical analysis, build models, and leverage machine learning to solve complex business problems. As a senior contributor, you will directly collaborate with multiple teams to build models and leverage machine learning to solve complex business problems. This role will drive company profitability through customer personalization, product recommendations, and supply chain process optimization. You will develop a comprehensive understanding of business processes to mentor members of the team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help drive data technology decisions at one of Canada’s largest online retailers.
Specifically, You Will
- Lead the development of statistical and ML models, including research, model testing, debugging, monitoring, documentation, and maintenance.
- Proactively identify areas of the business where Machine Learning can make the most valuable impact across multiple teams.
- Architect a low-code/low-infrastructure ML/AI strategy on Google Cloud Platform.
- Establish scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large scale data ingestion.
- Manage calculated customer trait definitions in a feature store.
- Present business intelligence and advise end users and senior leadership on model outputs.
- Provide quantitative research and analysis to identify process improvement.
- Develop dashboards and reporting in Looker and develop in LookML to support self-serve reporting.
- Advise and consult with other teams in the business who are looking to leverage ML/AI.
- Post-secondary education is required.
- Previous hands-on AI/ML experience required.
- Understanding of serverless computing concepts, ideally within Google Cloud Platform.
- Expert working knowledge of SQL, Python, and/or Node.js.
- Experience with data mining, cleansing, and ETL.
- Comfortable developing reporting in BI tools like Looker or Tableau.
- Familiarity with the Segment customer data platform.
- 5-8 years of experience with big data technologies and machine learning.
- Associate discount
- Health and Dental benefits
- RRSP/DPSP
- Performance bonuses
- Learning & Development programs
- And more...
About Us
Staples Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with disabilities.
About The Team
About the Team
At Staples Canada we are dynamic, inspiring partners to our customers and the communities in which we live. As The Working and Learning Company, we inspire people to work smarter, learn more and grow every day. We’re looking for curious, approachable, and passionate individuals who love finding solutions. If that’s you, let’s work, learn, and grow together.
We are building an inclusive and diverse team
Staples Canada is continuously working towards creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. We welcome, value and thrive on perspectives and contributions from backgrounds that vary by race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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