CareerPlan

Applied Researcher

Toronto, CAFull-time$118k–$158k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop machine learning models and algorithms to guide advertisers optimally, analyze large datasets for business insights, and drive data-informed decisions to enhance ad performance.

Role type

Applied Researcher (ML & Data Analysis)

Builds

End-to-end ML and data-driven advertising systems for ad serving and advertiser-side optimization

Domain

Ecommerce advertising, machine learning, data analysis

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning model design and deployment, large-scale data analysis, data mining and segmentation, SQL, Python or Scala programming, expertise in ML frameworks (PyTorch/Huggingface/Ray/vLLM), big data technologies (Hadoop/Spark)

Preferred skills

Experience in advertising industry, search, recommender systems, or NLP

Technologies

PyTorch, Huggingface, Ray, vLLM, Hadoop, Spark, SQL

Responsibilities

Design, implement, validate, and deploy ML models for advertising applications; analyze production data to identify opportunities and trends; collaborate with product managers and engineers to integrate ML insights; publish research findings and attend conferences; mentor junior researchers and data analysts

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC