Senior Software Developer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$80 to $90 CAD / hour · Contract
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Russell Tobin & Associates is hiring on behalf of one of its esteemed clients.
Job Title: Senior Software Developer
Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)
Duration: 152 Business Days with Possible Extension
Client: Public Sector
Pay Rate: $80 - $90/hr [CAD]
Description:
Client is embarking on a large Data & AI transformation initiative. Core to the transformation is the enablement of the Ontario Data Platform (ODP), which is being developed as the enterprise technology ecosystem for everything Data & AI. ODP is a modern ecosystem of data solution consisting of data ingestion technologies, storage, processing and visualization as well as solutions related to data governance, quality, marketplace, etc. ODP will initially serve all internal government clusters, ministries and program areas, but also external agencies in the future. We are looking for a data scientist to support various initiatives related to the platform as well as the execution of use cases to support the needs of various businesses within the government.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Run and Monitor Inferences
o Execute batch inference jobs on Databricks and other environments.
o Troubleshoot inference issues, log results, and escalate model anomalies.
Pipeline & Evaluation Support
o Assist with running DSPy pipelines and loading custom models/configs.
o Support evaluation runs using internal metrics
o Track and summarize performance metrics for inference experiments.
Data Handling & Experimentation
o Help prepare and clean legal text datasets for inference and evaluation.
o Annotate outputs to support error analysis and benchmarking.
o Maintain reproducible scripts/notebooks for inference runs.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Technical Skills - 50%
- LLM frameworks - 25%
- Databricks/MLflow - 25%
Required Skills:
- Background in Computer Science, Data Science, or AI/ML (student or recent grad is good).
- Familiarity with Python and libraries like pandas, scikit-learn, or PyTorch.
- Exposure to LLM frameworks (DSPy, LangChain, Hugging Face, or equivalent).
- Comfortable working with Databricks / MLflow or other cloud ML environments.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills for tracking experiments.
If this opportunity matches your experience and career goals, please share your most updated resume for consideration.
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Responsibilities
Run and monitor batch inference jobs in Databricks and other environments, troubleshoot issues, document results, and escalate model anomalies. Support DSPy pipelines and model evaluations, prepare legal text datasets, annotate outputs, track experiment metrics, and maintain reproducible scripts and notebooks.
Requirements
A background in computer science, data science, or AI/ML is sought, and students or recent graduates are considered. Candidates should be familiar with Python and common data or machine learning libraries, have exposure to LLM frameworks and cloud ML environments such as Databricks or MLflow, and be detail-oriented in tracking experiments.
Skills
- Python
- Pandas
- Scikit-Learn
- PyTorch
- DSPy
- LangChain
- Hugging Face
- Databricks
- MLflow
- Large Language Models
- Batch Inference
- Machine Learning Evaluation
- Data Cleaning
- Experiment Tracking
- Error Analysis
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Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Science & Research
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Data And AI Transformation
- Ontario Data Platform
- Data Ingestion
- Data Storage
- Data Processing
- Data Visualization
- Data Governance
- Data Quality
- Data Marketplace
- Data Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Large Language Models
- Python
- Pandas
- Scikit-Learn
- PyTorch
- DSPy
- LangChain
- Hugging Face
- Databricks
- MLflow
- Batch Inference
- Model Evaluation
- Legal Text Datasets
- Experiment Tracking
- Error Analysis
- Reproducible Notebooks
- Public Sector
- Toronto