Winter 2027 Co-op Data Scientist (4 months)

Join the AI innovation cell of the GMA Business Unit to experiment with evaluate and industrialize models serving concrete generative AI and LLM use cases. This internship combines applied research rigorous model evaluation and the setup of MLOps pipelines in an environment where data and measurement drive decisions.

Perks of being a CGI Co-op:

The co-op program was designed to help students improve their skills and explore their professional interests through hands-on experience and professional guidance while also helping them develop core competencies. As an intern you have access to:

Professional development sessions
Professional development platform
Networking events with colleagues and leaders
Mentorship from leaders and colleagues aimed at setting and achieving your career goals

Start Date: January 2027
Application Deadline: September 28th 2026

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level geographic market experience and training and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $18-32/hour. This role is an existing vacancy.

Model experimentation and evaluation
Take part in fine-tuning and evaluating language models (LLMs) for specific use cases: AiOps developer copilots internal chatbots.
Design and run evaluation protocols benchmarks quality metrics test sets to compare models prompts and approaches (including RAG).
Analyze and prepare internal data (cleaning structuring feature engineering) for training and to feed RAG solutions.

MLOps and industrialization
Contribute to implementing MLOps pipelines notably via the Dataiku platform.
Take part in monitoring model performance in context (monitoring drift detection retraining loops).

Documentation and AI offering creation
Document the work carried out (methodologies evaluation protocols results).
Contribute to qualifying and prioritizing use cases with a responsible-AI and measurable-ROI mindset.
Create presentations of the AI accelerators developed to showcase the offering.

Student in a masters engineering school or equivalent program with a specialization in AI data science statistics or computer science.
Strong command of Python and of data science / NLP libraries (pandas scikit-learn PyTorch or TensorFlow Hugging Face).
Interest in LLMs fine-tuning model evaluation MLOps and deployment challenges.
Familiarity with an MLOps platform (Dataiku an asset).
Ability to document work cleanly and to explain technical topics in accessible terms.
Initiative autonomy and analytical rigor.

Bilingualism (French and English) is required for this position due to the nature of the role which involves interactions with both national and international clients.

Why join us
Join a dynamic cell at the heart of AI innovation.
Work on concrete high-impact projects in a collaborative environment.
Develop your skills in generative AI AI industrialization (MLOps) and model evaluation.
Benefit from high-quality technical informal mentorship and a learning culture.

• Data Science
• Pandas
• Python
• PyTorch
• Scikit-Learn
• TensorFlow

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