Autotradercanada
Principal Data Scientist (m/f/d)
Toronto, ON (Canada) · Principal
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 40 days ago
PythonFastAPIFlaskAlgorithmsSQLVector DatabasesAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDJenkinsMachine LearningDeep LearningTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnAirflowData ScienceLLMsMLOpsA/B TestingAgileStakeholder Management
About the role
- Our flagship brands - AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync, Dealertrack Canada and CMS - help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence.
- AutoTrader.ca is Canada's largest automotive marketplace, with over 25 million monthly visits.
- Join our global Data Science team and take a leadership role in shaping the future of the automotive marketplace through cutting-edge AI and machine learning.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and deployment of predictive and generative AI models that power personalization, pricing, search, and optimization in marketplace and fintech domains.
- Collaborate with product leaders to align ML initiatives with strategic business goals and drive product innovation through data-driven experimentation and modeling.
- Architect scalable ML infrastructure and automated workflows using cloud-native tools (e.g., AWS, EC2, Kubernetes) to support efficient model training, deployment, and analytics across diverse datasets.
- Serve as a cross-functional technical leader, shaping company-wide technical initiatives beyond data science. Partner with engineering, product, and platform teams to influence architecture, innovation agendas, and technical standards across the organization.
- Lead the exploration and strategic application of GenAI, identifying high-impact use cases and guiding their integration across products and platforms.
- For a career where you can drive our business
- In this role, you'll collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business teams to design, build, and scale AI solutions that set us apart in the industry.
- You'll bring deep technical expertise, a passion for innovation, and a strong product mindset to develop ML products that solve real-world problems and deliver measurable business value.
Requirements
- Direct experience with GenAI/LLM technologies, including tools like Hugging Face, LangChain, OpenAI APIs, vector databases, and fine-tuning methods
- Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Jenkins, Airflow)
- Proven capability in MLOps, including CI/CD pipelines, model monitoring, versioning, and automated retraining
- Experience deploying and serving models through APIs (e.g., Flask, FastAPI) in both real-time and batch-processing environments
- Experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or high-scale consumer platforms
- Familiarity with automotive data and applications in pricing, inventory optimization, or recommendation systems
Nice to have
- Experience working in agile product development environments (Scrum/Kanban)
- experience influencing product roadmaps is a strong plus
Compensation
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Here are a few benefits we all benefit from that support us to be our creative best.
- Virtual wellness events
- Financial planning with 3% matching Pension
- Annual bonus structure
- As a Principal Data Scientist, you'll spearhead high-impact AI initiatives that influence millions of users worldwide, with a focus on both strategic vision and hands-on innovation.
Company info
- We are a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions.
- As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe's largest online car marketplace, we're shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond.
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