Associate Data Scientist
Associate Data Scientist
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As an Associate Data Scientist this role will offer an exciting opportunity to design evaluate and deploy LLM-based applications contributing significantly to our mission of developing responsible and impactful AI solutions. By collaborating on projects that involve cutting-edge LLM technologies and integration with platforms like OpenAI and Azure the candidate will play a crucial part in advancing our AI initiatives and ensuring model performance and alignment. Through this opportunity they will gain invaluable real-world experience in LLM evaluation mentorship from senior AI professionals and exposure to enterprise AI workflows all within a collaborative environment that fosters innovation and continuous learning.
Position Responsibilities:
- Design and evaluate LLM-based applications including RAG pipelines agentic systems and chat interfaces.
- Conduct LLM red-teaming bias detection and alignment testing using comparative and statistical analysis techniques.
- Build and maintain automated evaluation frameworks for LLM outputs using embedding-based and prompt-based methods.
- Develop interactive dashboards and visualizations using Power BI to communicate insights and model performance to stakeholders.
- Integrate and test LLMs using OpenAI APIs Databricks and Azure AI Services.
- Collaborate on the development of fine-tuning and pre-training pipelines for domain-specific use cases.
- Work with Vector Databases (e.g. FAISS MongoDB Neo4j) to support RAG and semantic search capabilities.
- Participate in code reviews documentation and agile development cycles with the engineering team.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 1 year of professional (non-academic) experience in data science machine learning or AI-related roles.
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; experience with JavaScript is a plus.
- Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Data Science AI or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience with LLM evaluation bias detection or alignment research.
- Proficiency in data visualization tools especially Power BI (experience with Tableau or similar tools is a bonus).
- Familiarity with LangChain RAG Ollama LLM fine-tuning and embedding-based analysis.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Databricks.
- Knowledge of databases including PostgreSQL MongoDB Neo4j and FAISS.
- Strong analytical thinking attention to detail and a passion for building responsible AI systems.
When you join our team:
- Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
- Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
- As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.
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About Manulife and John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process contact .
Referenced Salary Location
Toronto OntarioWorking Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$60900.00 CAD - $113100.00 CADIf you are applying for this role outside of the primary location please contact for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge skills qualifications experience and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits including health dental mental health vision short- and long-term disability life and AD&D insurance coverage adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays vacation personal and sick days and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S. please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
