Senior Researcher
RBC
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Toronto • Canada
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About the role
- Provide technical leadership and scientific guidance to AI projects, working within and across teams
- Develop innovative machine learning approaches and novel intellectual property
- Iteratively refine and deliver machine learning concepts from proof of concept through to product delivery
- Contribute to defining our research vision, publish papers, and communicate internally and externally around machine learning research
- Collaborate with team members including other researchers, engineers, and interns to grow and develop their skills in AI research and solutioning.
Requirements
- A Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Expertise in machine learning, with experience in experimental design, causal inference, reinforcement learning, probabilistic graphical models being a plus
- 2+ years of experience as a machine learning researcher or engineer in a product-centric environment or equivalent experience
- Experience delivering high-impact machine learning products, with experience in pricing, offers, or e-commerce being a plus
- Experience of mentorship including junior researchers and engineers and experienced high-performance researchers
- Involvement across the research and development lifecycle, from prototyping to production, engaging with stakeholders to develop solutions that meet business needs
- The ability to formulate and drive a research project independently
- Exceptional communication skills
- A history of high quality academic publications (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICLR, ICML etc.).
Benefits
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Commissions and stock options where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact from a local-to-global scale.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
machine learningexperimental designcausal inferencereinforcement learningprobabilistic graphical modelsproduct deliveryhigh-impact machine learning productsprototypingresearch and development lifecycleacademic publications
Soft skills
technical leadershipscientific guidancementorshipcollaborationcommunicationindependent project managementskill developmentinternal communicationexternal communicationresearch vision
Certifications
Ph.D. in Computer Science