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Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - Search

Kitchener-Waterloo, ON💼 Full-time💰 $171,000–$171,000🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-31

Core

Drive technical vision and system design for real-time search and recommendation systems powering an e-commerce platform for independent retailers.

Role type

Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist (Search)

Builds

Next-generation search engine, personalized product feeds, and intelligent discovery agents for retail customers.

Domain

E-commerce, Search, Recommendation Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale ML systems, Search/Recommendation/Ads ranking, Deep learning (PyTorch), Vector search infrastructure (Faiss, ScaNN, Pinecone), LLMs (BERT, GPT-class), Python, System reliability

Preferred skills

Open-source ML contributions, Peer-reviewed publications, MLOps practices

Technologies

Triton, LLMs, BERT, GPT-class, PyTorch, Faiss, ScaNN, Pinecone

Responsibilities

Own next-generation search engine integrating LLMs and dense vector retrieval; Design and productionize natural language search and discovery systems; Lead model development and GPU-based deployment efforts; Mentor and grow senior Applied Scientists and MLEs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship

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