Wealthsimple
More roles at WealthsimpleData Scientist, Sales
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
Canada only
From the employer's advert: Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator.
Employer listed it 5 months ago · Added 12 days ago
Been open since 5 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$151k to $189k per year
Location
Canada only
Timezone
US East
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Data
Published by the employer
What the advert says
Quoted word for word from the employer's advert. Where it says nothing, we say so.
- Working hours
- Not mentioned in the advert
- Where you can work from
🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America.
- Contract
- Not mentioned in the advert
- Experience asked for
5+ years of experience in a data science/decision science (or equivalent), including time as the primary DS for a domain
- Pay
Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in Canada. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote (Canada), Toronto, Canada, Remote"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in Canada
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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Before you apply
Experience: employer states
Written as a nice-to-have
- “Therefore, experience with supporting sales is a bonus.”
Questions worth asking: Nomaders interpretation
- The advert does not say whether this is employment or a contractor arrangement. Ask, as it affects tax and benefits.
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About the role
Build something people love
Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work .
The Sales Data team is responsible for supporting the entire Commercial team through data modeling, pipelining, dashboarding, experimentation, analyses, and machine learning models. Our stakeholder teams are diverse, including Financial Planners & Advisors, Business Development Representatives, our AI Voice Agent team, Revenue Operations and Commercial Systems.
We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist who has strong foundations in data modeling and machine learning to lead high priority initiatives, take ownership as a decision science expert, and help shape the direction of our Commercial team and our AI Voice Agent program.
Some of your projects may include: modeling sales data, creating and improving reporting for business stakeholders, exploratory data analysis to improve our sales processes, and developing and maintaining ML models. Our models are used to solve real business problems and directly impact Wealthsimple’s north star metric. Therefore, experience with supporting sales is a bonus.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Build and maintain new data models that are accurate and reliable
Work closely with a wide range of stakeholders from Data Science, Commercial Leadership, Sales Operations, Product, Design, and Engineering
Define, prototype, implement and improve ML models
Design experiments to test hypotheses (e.g. which customers should we focus on in our outbound calls)
Build/maintain reports, dashboards, and metrics to support our north star metrics
Teach and learn from their teammates. We value making others successful
What you bring:
5+ years of experience in a data science/decision science (or equivalent), including time as the primary DS for a domain
Excellent SQL & Python skills - hands-on experience with data pipeline tools such as dbt and Airflow are an advantage
Strong stakeholder management skills - an excellent communicator who is able to present results and analyses to senior leadership
Good understanding of business practices, sales, and client behavior
Experience with applied statistics or experimentation (i.e. A/B testing) in an industry setting
Understanding of fundamental machine-learning algorithms and experience putting them into production in a real-world context
Experience in managing/mentoring team members in a formal or informal capacity
Why Wealthsimple?
🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
Requirements
- ·5+ years of experience in a data science/decision science (or equivalent), including time as the primary DS for a domain
- ·Excellent SQL & Python skills - hands-on experience with data pipeline tools such as dbt and Airflow are an advantage
- ·Strong stakeholder management skills - an excellent communicator who is able to present results and analyses to senior leadership
- ·Good understanding of business practices, sales, and client behavior
- ·Experience with applied statistics or experimentation (i.e. A/B testing) in an industry setting
Benefits
- ·📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
- ·🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year*
- ·✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year*
- ·👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Wealthsimple, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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