Senior Data Scientist

Toronto, ON

We are expanding our world-class team of change makers and we want you to join our team!

Who we are

Manifest Climate is a leading SaaS climate risk planning (CRP) solution built by climate experts to guide companies through the climate transformation.

We are a company driven by leading experts with a passion to make an impact. If you are a forward-thinker and strategic doer, interested in purpose-driven work that helps real-world decision-makers and influencers, we think you'd like it here.

Who you are

Reporting to the Head of Data, we are looking for a Data Scientist who wants to build and implement machine learning solutions that will make a difference in the world. You will use advanced machine learning techniques and natural language processing to drive business innovation and to help solve some of the most complex processes in corporate climate change. You will contribute to the development and deployment of cutting edge natural language processing systems to automate time-consuming analysis and drive scalability for our product.

Who you are

Make an impact. If you want to channel your passion for climate consciousness into your daily work and embrace a culture of performance, this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for. You will join our purpose driven business and apply your combination of academic and practical experience to explore what can be accomplished with data, machine learning, and NLP.

Learn and grow. Manifest Climate operates at the leading edge of climate change intelligence and risk planning, innovation and strategic business opportunity. You will play a role in our collective effort to excel in everything we do. You are comfortable in ambiguity and will thrive in a dynamic and agile environment that encourages everyone to act with a sense of leadership, autonomy and radical responsibility.

What’s in it for you

Career development, impact, and inspiration.

If you want to channel your passion for climate consciousness into your daily work, this critical, collaborative role is the opportunity you’ve been looking for. You will play a vital role as a cross-team resource, working in partnership with Product, Software, and Content. You will thrive as we grow and evolve together, adding to the Manifest Climate story, building a career path either towards team leadership or excellence as an individual contributor.

How you will make a difference:

Build. You will iterate on high-value data science projects, whether they need rule-based systems or the latest transformer-based models. You follow the Pareto principle to iterate and learn as fast as possible. You know when to use machine learning and how to apply it to our data, weighing the pros and cons of each method. You will also bring those machine learning pipelines to production (both batch and real time), following best practices around clean code.
Experiment. You will hypothesize and execute on machine learning experiments to help us bring scalability to our offerings, and competitive advantage to the business. Reproducibility and explainability will be key factors in the success of those experiments. Bonus points if you have worked on applied research projects before, or if you have expertise in transformer-based models and Pytorch.
Data understanding and cleaning. You will dig into the data and its meaning to inform which high-value data science products should be worked on. You will write minimal ETL workflows to get the clean data that you need.
Mentor. You will mentor and support junior members of the team in their growth path. You will be an active voice in improving the team’s processes and development.

What you bring to our collaborative space:

The experience. You are a Data Scientist with several years industry experience developing machine learning models for production use. You have a track record of success building models that optimize time-consuming processes or generate real-world value. Ideally, you have worked in a B2B SaaS startup environment where you have generated value from text data.
The intuition. You love solving novel problems, learning about new approaches, and building off of work that others have done to create new solutions. You are continuously seeking answers to satisfy your curious nature. You view machine learning as part art and part science, and you want to use that knowledge and capability to drive positive change in the world. Bonus points if you are strongly product oriented.
The technical toolbox. You are deeply familiar with Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. You have proven ability to build solutions using Python and SQL. You can learn new tools independently and quickly. Our tech stack consists of tools like Docker, DVC, HuggingFace, Pytorch, Pandas, Spacy, Ray, Triton, Flask - and the AWS cloud services. Any interest or proficiency in those tools or in MLOps is considered an advantage.
The education. You have a Bachelor or Graduate Degree in a related field or relevant experience with a scientific background. A Masters in Math, Computer Science or Statistics would be an advantage.
The accountability. You are purpose-driven with a desire to change the global trajectory when it comes to climate and deeply committed to our mission. You are genuinely excited to apply your talents in building our brand. You have the project management skills to balance competing priorities and deliver exceptional results. You have a willingness to persevere despite obstacles, the confidence to try and fail, and the humility to learn, grow and adapt.
The collaborative approach. You have the high degree of emotional intelligence and curiosity necessary to thrive in our self-managing environment. You embrace diverse perspectives and excel at building relationships. You are happy to jump in wherever and whenever needed.

If you feel you meet 70% of the qualifications we are looking for and are determined to make a difference, we encourage you to apply. We promise to consider your application fully.

Why join us

A recognized, action-oriented, well-funded, scaling Canadian tech company, Manifest Climate is:

Founded in 2020 by Laura Zizzo and Jeremy Greven, headquartered in Toronto
Recognized in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards (2022) in AI + Data and certified as a “Great Place to Work”
Recently completed a CAD $30 million Series A backed by leading technology investors: BDC, Climate Innovation Capital, Klass Capital, Golden Ventures and OMERS Ventures,). Trusted by leading corporations: Scotiabank, Manulife, Teck Resources, Hines, Loomis Sayles, Vancity
Named to Corporate Knights Future 50 in 2022
Continuously sought after for our perspective by renowned publications such as Forbes, Financial Times and Globe and Mail.

Benefits and perks

We are a people first organization and we invest in our people accordingly. Benefits and perks we offer to our team, include but are not limited to:

A competitive compensation package that includes a path to earn equity options
An engaging hybrid culture with WFH flexibility and access to a Toronto based office
Comprehensive health and dental benefits with a health spending account
Four weeks of vacation plus the ability to request additional paid vacation time
Parental leave benefits with a top-up plan
A one time work from home allowance to set up your remote office
A monthly allowance for phone and data usage
A yearly allowance for professional development and learning opportunities
A membership to the Carbon Neutral Club

Evolve, improve, and thrive with us.

Our unified belief in our organizational purpose drives our culture, the caliber of talent we attract, our work ethic, resolve, and determination.

We are guided by our values, including Positive Attitude, Curiosity, Collaboration, Accountability, Radical Responsibility, People and Planet Centricity and well-being to build an amazing place to work where every team member is empowered, supported, and energized.

We are always on the lookout for committed and passionate professionals interested in contributing their talents in a challenging, energetic, and inter-disciplinary environment.

We strive to build a team that reflects the diversity of the communities where we live and work. We encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with disabilities. If we can make this easier through accommodation in the recruitment process, please let us know.