Hybrid Senior Data Scientist

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About the role

  • Senior Data Scientist at Sun Life Financial driving business initiatives through generative AI and analytics. Collaborating with stakeholders and developing AI solutions to translate business goals into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with business stakeholders to translate business goals into analytical problems and AI solutions
  • Develop AI/ML data science products, with a focus on generative AI systems and large language models (LLMs)
  • Apply advanced data science techniques, including descriptive, predictive, and machine learning methods
  • Design and implement generative AI solutions that create human-like content and solve complex problems autonomously
  • Optimize AI performance and address ethical considerations in AI development
  • Provide guidance on feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
  • Make data-driven business recommendations and present findings to various stakeholders
  • Contribute to and help grow the data science and AI community at Sun Life

Requirements

  • BSc/M.S. in a statistical, mathematical, or technical field (e.g., computer science) or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years experience in developing and implementing data science techniques
  • 3+ years experience in developing generative AI systems, working with LLMs, and optimizing AI performance
  • Proficiency in SQL and statistical programming languages (e.g., Python)
  • Experience with AWS services, including SageMaker
  • Expertise in machine learning, including supervised and unsupervised models
  • Experience with data transformation, manipulation, and working with structured/unstructured data
  • Knowledge of technologies like Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, HBase, and Spark
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills for insights presentation
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and guide junior team members

Benefits

  • Various incentive plans
  • Payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance
  • Diversity and inclusion initiatives
  • Accommodations for applicants with disabilities

Job title

Senior Data Scientist

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$90,000 - CA$140,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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