Data Scientist - Investing
Wealthsimple, Canada

Your career is an investment that grows over time!
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3 million users who trust us with more than $20 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the team:The Data Science amp; Engineering (DSE) team consists of analytics engineers, data scientists, and software engineers with diverse educational backgrounds such as math, operations research, economics, computer science, engineering and business. The team is responsible for enabling data-driven decision making and building data products at Wealthsimple.
We achieve these goals by:- Building a high quality and scalable state-of-the-art data warehouse that powers all decision making- Leveraging machine learning and algorithms to help Wealthsimple build smarter financial products- Using decision science to understand the cause and effect of our business decisions
About the role:We are hiring for a Data Scientist 2 on the Data Science - Investing team. This role will be at the intersection of product, marketing and data science, and will be working closely with Discovery amp; Engagement and Tiers team.Discovery amp; Engagement:- Provide personalized, timely discovery and advice on which account(s) and assets a client should consider, and make it really easy to act on their selections- Surface account insights + performance perspectives, so you can see what you hold in the way an advisor would talk to youTiers:- Develop a world-class status program that rewards clients who consolidate their wealth with us- Build a platform amp; program that offers compelling discounts, premium support, financial advice, lifestyle benefits and access to exclusive products to our highest value clientsIn this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Partner with our Investing Product team to work on some of Wealthsimple’s highest priority efforts
• Build robust, efficient, and integrated data models in cloud data warehouse that will be used as the source of truth for analytics across the Investing product organization
• Apply statistical techniques and build machine learning models to solve real life product problems and to inform product decisions and strategies
• Apply software engineering best practices like version control and continuous integration to the analytics code base; ensure data models are well tested, documented and maintained
• Translate business requirements into data models and analysis that will help stakeholders answer key business questions and inform strategic decisions
• Continuously look for the simplest, most effective way to approach challenges; Occam's razor is your friend
• Take ownership and ship it
• Get the best out of the team by leveraging their diverse educational backgrounds.
• Work where you are (while our Canadian offices are located in Toronto, we are a remote-first workforce and you can join from anywhere in Canada!)

Skills we are looking for:

• Strong business acumen and product sense and ability to help drive strategic vision
• Excellent Python amp; SQL skills, first hand experience working with popular Python libraries such as Pandas, scikit-learn, numpy and Jupyter
• Strong understanding of statistics: both frequentist and Bayesian approaches.
• Strong understanding of fundamental machine-learning algorithms: regression and decision trees.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is able to articulate their stance in a manner that effectively communicates why a solution could be the best way forward
• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and effectively manages complexity and change
• Has exceptional communication skills and is able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical teams
• Is eager to teach and learn from your team. We value making each other successful!
• Is a lifelong learner. You’re constantly seeking and welcoming feedback to continue improving yourself and your craft

Why Wealthsimple? Competitive Salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and