Senior Data Scientist
Senior Data Scientist
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About Float
Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow so they can focus on what matters most: growth.
As one of Canadas fastest growing companies and toprated startups in 2024 and 2023 Float is customerobsessed passionate and entrepreneurial with a team that includes leaders from Uber Shopify Top Hat TouchBistro and Ada.
At Float everyone is an owner bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decisionmaking decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.
Our Product
Float is Canadas complete business finance platform combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend save and grow. Trusted by 4000 Canadian companies Float provides highlimit corporate cards automated expense management nextday bill payments highyield accounts and fast friendly supportall built in Canada for Canada. Float is backed by worldclass venture and fintech investors including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures partners behind our $70 million Series B raise.
Our team is a collection of ambitious collaborative and missiondriven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And were looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.
About the Senior Data Scientist role:
Were looking for an experienced Data Scientist to play a foundational role in shaping Floats data science capabilities strategies and to continue to build out our Data & Business Insights team.
As a Senior Data Scientist at Float:
Youll identify key metrics which data needs to be collected and set the processes for how data will be stored cleaned and maintained at Float
Youll build upon Floats data infrastructure and determine which technologies and tools the company should use for its data science activities.
Youll work closely with our leadership team to analyze business performance test hypotheses and identify growth opportunities
Youll analyze largescale complex datasets to extract meaningful insights and drive decisionmaking
Youll evaluate the performance of existing models and propose enhancements to improve accuracy efficiency and scalability
Youll work closely with all teams across Float to understand their data needs and provide solutions
Your impact will be:
Help develop the products and features that are most valuable for Canadian businesses.
Democratize access to data for all Floaters.
Enable Floats customers to better understand their finances with accurate and timely data.
Help Float better understand our clients needs to target product adoption
A few musthave experiences:
You have experience with forecasting causal inference analysis and experiment design
5 years of experience in data science with a strong focus on applying statistical techniques in productdriven environments
Extensive knowledge of SQL Python dbt Snowflake
Strong understanding of statistics and statistical modelling
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
Proven ability to clearly communicate results and provide recommendations leveraging data
Experience in the full data stack wearing multiple hats.
Youve worked at a fastpaced startup
You understand the concepts of product analytics and product adoption modelling.
Youll be great in this role if:
Youre an owner. You love a challenge and take great satisfaction in tackling them headon. You love being a pioneer and taking on any task (big or small) and driving it through to completion. You are also comfortable making independent decisions and following your instincts to be able to move quickly.
Youre able to explain complex data in simple terms. As youll be communicating your findings to different stakeholders your ability to present data in an understandable way is vital.
You have solid technical skills. Strong skills in data modelling data structures data mining predictive modelling and analysis tools (such as Python SQL DBT) and data visualization tools are crucial. Understanding of machine learning algorithms and statistics is an asset.
You understand the business context. Youll be more effective if you understand not just how to work with data but also why youre working with it i.e. how it will impact the business and drive decisions.
Youre comfortable with a fastpaced environment. Float is a dynamic environment and things can change quickly. You should be flexible and able to adapt to changes as they occur.
You can balance attention to detail and strategic thinking. While its important to delve into the details of your data its equally important to keep the big picture in mind.
You ruthlessly prioritize. You will have multiple responsibilities and projects. Being able to effectively manage your workload and meet deadlines is crucial.
You have an experimental mindset. The ability to design and analyze experiments will be very helpful in optimizing products and making business decisions.
Youre eager to continue your own learning. Scrappy and voracious you want to know the why behind every answer. You love to have healthy debates with fellow developers and colleagues about the product.
This role wont be a fit if:
Youre not extremely detailoriented
You are not open to a hybrid role
You arent a selfstarter and dont like to work independently
Youre not comfortable wearing multiple hats
You dont like change and adapting to new ways of doing things
You arent comfortable with ambiguity
You arent able to translate technical jargon into simple language
You lack patience for iterative work
You want detailed todos for your tasks and projects
Youre not keen on learning new things
You dont have strong stakeholder management skills
You dont like regular feedback on your work
Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role and you strongly align with our values but your past experience doesnt align perfectly we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other future positions.
Benefits & Perks of working at Float:
Competitive compensation & total rewards
Flexible time off when you need to recharge
Catered lunches on Tuesdays & Wednesdays
A personal Float card with a quarterly stipend to spend on what matters most to you as well as a Home Office stipend
Lots of autonomy to make an impact
Opportunity to work with and learn from a worldclass team
Being able to say you helped build Canadas best modern financial institution
Were committed to building a workplace thats welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float just let us know! You can reach out to Vic () and well work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
