Staff Machine Learning Data Scientist

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: CAD 190000 - 200000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

About CookUnity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it it has lost the power to nourish inspire and connect us. So in 2018 CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industrys best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one youve found the right job posting.

About the role:

Were looking for an experiencedML-focused Data Scientistto design build and productionize personalization and recommendation systems that help every CookUnity customer discover meals theyll love. Youll develop user modeling and ranking algorithms ensure they integrate seamlessly into production and lead experimentation strategies to measure their real-world impact. This is a hands-on high-impact role for someone who can blend strong machine learning expertise with strategic thinking rigorous experimentation and close collaboration with Product Engineering and Business stakeholders.

As a Staff-level Machine Learning Data Scientist at CookUnity youll:

Architect and deliver production-grade recommendation and personalization systems from user modeling to ranking algorithms and embeddings.
Own the full ML lifecycle: design train deploy monitor and iterate on production models.
Partner with Engineering to operationalize ML pipelines model registries CI/CD retraining and drift monitoring.
Quantify and optimize business impact through A/B testing experimentation design causal inference and lift analyses.
Translate product and business needs into effective data-driven solutions that scale.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed experimentation and feedback loops into our workflows.
Mentor and coach the data team on best practices in ML model validation experimentation and scalability.

You Might Be a Great Fit If You Have:

6 years in data science machine learning or applied statistics.
Deep experience building recommendation engines personalization pipelines ranking/relevance models search optimization or embedding-based features.
Hands-on with MLOps tooling (MLFlow Airflow Docker ECS or similar)
Hands-on familiarity with A/B testing frameworks and skills in experimentation design causal inference and measuring incremental impact.
Strong programming chops in Python and SQL (with bonuses for experience in Snowflake PyTorch Airflow MLFlow ECS)
A proven ability to work across disciplines and guide stakeholderswhile also owning the technical end-to-end performance of your models.
Bonus if youve worked in marketplaces subscription services food-tech or adjacent domains.

Benefits

Health Insurance coverage (Canada Life)

We grow you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1.

Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus

Flexible Paid Time Off

5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

Paid Family leave.

Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises

A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals added to your account monthly.

Wellness perks: fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle

Personalized Spanish coach

Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!

Compensation

All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience knowledge skills and abilities of the applicant internal equity and alignment with market data.

Pay Range for this position

$190000$200000 USD

If youre interested in this role please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit well get in touch with you.Thank you for your time!

CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age sexual orientation gender identity national origin citizenship status protected veteran status genetic information or physical or mental disability.

A quick note for all candidates
Weve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry and we want to make sure you (and your data)stay safe while applying to CookUnity.We also want you to know that we take this seriously sometimes as part of our process we may ask for a briefproof of humanity to confirm that were connecting with a real person not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:

Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page:
Our recruiters are real people and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If youre unsure feel free to reach out to us on our officialLinkedIn Company Page.
We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in@and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) never WhatsApp Telegram or SMS.
Well never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does please dont share any information and let us know right away.

If something ever feels off or youre unsure about a message wed much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.

Required Experience:

Staff IC

About CookUnity:Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it it has lost the power to nourish inspire and connect us. So in 2018 CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today CookUnity delivers 50 millio...