Job Type: Contract

Job Category: IT

Job Description

Job Title: Data Scientist

Location: Toronto, ON – 3 Days Onsite/week
Employment Type: Long term Contract

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Data Scientist / Machine Learning Analyst with hands-on experience in building, training, validating, and deploying traditional machine learning models. The ideal candidate will have strong data manipulation skills, solid programming expertise in Python and SQL/SAS, and a deep focus on Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and feature engineering on large datasets.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar analytics role
• Strong proficiency in Python or R for data analysis and modeling

•  2+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning models.

•  2+ years of experience working with large datasets (data ingestion, processing, merging, aggregation).

•  Strong programming skills in Python and SQL/SAS.

•  Hands-on experience with:

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

Feature engineering

Model training, testing, and validation

•  Experience working with traditional ML models (e.g., regression, classification, tree-based models).

•  Ability to work with large datasets in production-like environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze large, complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights
• Design, develop, and deploy predictive models and machine learning solutions
• Perform data cleansing, validation, and feature engineering
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into analytical solutions
• Develop dashboards, reports, and visualizations to communicate insights effectively
• Optimize and maintain existing models for performance and scalability
• Conduct A/B testing and statistical analysis to support business initiatives
• Document methodologies, models, and processes for knowledge sharing

Required Skills