Job Title: Junior Data Scientist
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 12 months
Location: Toronto
Ideal Rate: $50- $55 (Based on Experience)
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week, including Thursday
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 0–3 years of relevant experience, including internships, academic projects, or professional experience.
- Strong Python programming skills for data analysis and machine learning.
- Understanding of supervised and unsupervised machine learning concepts.
- Knowledge of SQL and data extraction and manipulation.
- Familiarity with data science libraries, statistical methods, and model evaluation techniques.
- Understanding of structured and unstructured data.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and learning abilities.
Nice to Have
- Academic, internship, or personal projects involving machine learning or data science.
- Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, or chatbot development.
- Familiarity with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or CrewAI.
- Exposure to PySpark, APIs, or cloud technologies.
- Familiarity with AWS AI/ML services such as SageMaker or Bedrock.
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