Lead Scientist - Applied Ml

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited

Canada
Base: $79,000.00 - 131,000.00 cad annual; bonus/eq...
Predictive modelling
Complex analysis
Ai strategy
You will own high-impact models (forecasting, optimization, causal inference) and shape the patterns, platforms, and guardrails that let teams ship AI at scale (agentic workflows, MLOps)

Job Summary

  • You will own high-impact models (forecasting, optimization, causal inference) and shape the patterns, platforms, and guardrails that let teams ship AI at scale (agentic workflows, MLOps).
  • Partner with Engineering to productionize models/services (CI/CD, serving, monitoring, evals, rollback) and with QA teams to measure and optimize latency, availability, cost-to-value, and model lifecycle.
  • We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement savings programs for eligible employees.

Matching Summary

You will own high-impact models (forecasting, optimization, causal inference) and shape the patterns, platforms, and guardrails that let teams ship AI at scale (agentic workflows, MLOps).

Salary

Base: $79,000.00 - 131,000.00 CAD Annual; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • predictive modelling
  • complex analysis
  • AI strategy
  • scalable delivery
  • high-impact models
  • MLOps
  • Python/SQL fluency

Nice-to-have

  • influencing senior stakeholders
  • driving business outcomes
  • innovators and entrepreneurs
  • fostering an environment where belonging thrives

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years data science & ML experience
  • retail/operations use-cases experience
  • LLMs/RAG practical experience
  • Hands-on MLOps experience
  • Databricks/MLflow/feature stores experience
  • vector DBs experience
  • cost/perf tuning AI workloads experience
  • agentic or workflow-automation systems experience
  • influencing at VP/SVP levels track record

Work Rights

Not specified

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