Data Scientist

Data Scientist

9 month contract opportunity, potential to extend.

This is an on-site opportunity.

Five times per week in the downtown Vancouver office.

Job Description:

The focus will be on generating insights from the data, not on building or working with tools.

Looking for insightful recommendations, critical thinking, someone who is comfortable doing a deep dive in the data and has patience and curiosity. There will be 1 project they're working on for months, not multiple projects concurrently. They need this person to learn the domain knowledge to satisfy expectations of HQ.

A big plus for this person is experience analyzing big data related to health and mobile, which conveniently is a pretty hot area right now. This person must be strong with Python, SQL and ideally Spark (but Hadoop is fine). They should also have some experience with Tableau or dashboarding in general.

Desired skills & experience:

• Master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related disciplines)
• Experience in data science, with a focus on extracting insights from complex datasets
• Proficiency in Python (SciKit-Learn, Pandas, TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.) and SQL
• Proven track record of applying advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques to real-world problems
• Experience with experimental design, causal inference, and time-series analysis
• Hands-on experience with forecasting models, including ARIMA, Prophet, LSTM, and other advanced ML/AI techniques
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Apache Superset, or similar).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop)
• Strong communication skills to convey complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR) related to data privacy
• Experience with Generative AI
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub) and containerization (Kubernetes)

$75 - $85 per hour for an INC consultant

If you're interested, please apply with resume

If you are a strong fit, I will be in contact quickly to discuss additional details and next steps

Best regards,