Lead Data Scientist

Lead Data Scientist

Our fully automated, purpose-built solution eliminates the manual processing of business-critical commercial documents with 100% data accurate, touchless transactions. These documents include purchase orders, invoices, advance shipping notices, and other essential commercial documents exchanged between business and their customers.

About the Opportunity:

With Conexiom's ongoing significant growth, we are propelling our data science endeavors further. As a Lead Data Scientist at Conexiom, you’ll serve as the technical lead, providing strategic guidance in selecting modeling approaches and mentoring a talented team, while remaining deeply hands-on.

Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the technical lead in defining and refining our modeling approach, balancing traditional machine learning methods with Large Language Models (LLMs) to achieve optimal results.
2. Drive architectural decisions for deep learning models, working closely with engineers to ensure scalability, efficiency, and maintainability.
3. Lead by example, working hands-on with datasets, EDA, models, and implements in production, spending approximately 90% of your time on direct technical work.
4. Offer thought leadership by deeply analyzing complex problems, identifying underlying patterns, and critically evaluating solutions for data science challenges.
5. Mentor Senior Data Scientists and other team members, fostering technical growth and promoting best practices in model development and deployment.
6. Collaborate with the Chief Data Scientist to align data science strategy with business objectives and provide input on high-level goals and projects.

Qualifications:

1. Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field.
2. 5+ years’ experience in developing and deploying machine learning models, including at least 2 years in a technical leadership capacity.
3. Expertise in both traditional ML techniques and experience with Large Language Models, including hands-on experience with fine-tuning and application of LLMs.
4. Advanced knowledge of deep learning architectures and the ability to make architectural decisions that impact performance and scalability.
5. Strong proficiency in Python, along with experience in machine learning libraries and frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Scikit-Learn.
6. Ability to translate business problems into structured data science tasks and effectively communicate findings and recommendations.
7. Experience in a SaaS environment and knowledge of enterprise-class business automation solutions is a plus.
8. Passion for continuous learning and staying current with advancements in machine learning and AI.

About Conexiom:

Conexiom is a cloud-based, purpose-built automation platform that automates the most critical and complex B2B document transactions between buyers and sellers. Manufacturers and distributors across the globe, such as Grainger, Genpak, Honeywell, and Lonza, trust Conexiom to create resilient operations that scale, drive growth, reduce costs, and build frictionless relationships with their customers. Conexiom is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has offices in Kitchener, Ontario; London, England; and Chicago, Illinois. Visit Conexiom.com.

Conexiom embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are working to ensure that the profile of our staff reflects the profile of the communities we work in and serve. For that reason, we seek resumes and expressions of interest from a broad and diverse talent pool. Strength comes from the inclusion of diverse perspectives and experiences.

Reasons to work for Conexiom:

Our MISSION is to transform broken processes into business value. We are DATA-driven and RESULTS-focused. We show our COMMITMENT to the people that make up Conexiom by:

• Training and development opportunities
• Competitive compensation
• Work/Life balance – Open PTO Policy in North America & Flex days in the UK
• Comprehensive health, dental, & vision insurance

We build products & internal processes that increase efficiencies and drive INNOVATION for our customers.

Our VALUES:

• We care for each other
• We hold ourselves accountable
• We make our customers heroes
• We over-communicate
• We are inclusive & want to make change for the better

Conexiom is proud to offer equal employment opportunities. If you have a need that requires accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Manager at aendy@conexiom.com.