Principal Data Scientist

Forward Financing
Alberta, Ontario
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 208,000 - 286,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Project management","Communication","Mentorship","Critical thinking","Problem-solving"]

Set the technical vision for data science and lead the most complex, highest-stakes machine learning initiatives from ambiguity to production. Own end-to-end delivery, from problem framing and model design to deployment, monitoring, and iteration. Architect modeling ecosystems for credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting, partner with senior business and engineering leaders, and mentor data scientists while ensuring organization-wide standards and production-grade pipelines.

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Principal Data Scientist

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Job Summary

Set the technical vision for data science and lead the most complex, highest-stakes machine learning initiatives from ambiguity to production. Own end-to-end delivery, from problem framing and model design to deployment, monitoring, and iteration. Architect modeling ecosystems for credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting, partner with senior business and engineering leaders, and mentor data scientists while ensuring organization-wide standards and production-grade pipelines.
Location: Alberta, Ontario
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the design, development, and deployment of the most complex statistical and machine learning models, especially in ambiguous problem spaces.
  • •Drive end-to-end delivery of flagship data science initiatives from problem framing and model design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
  • •Own technical strategy and architecture for the modeling ecosystem (credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting) for scalability and business impact.
  • •Partner with senior leaders across Portfolio Strategy, Engineering, Product, Underwriting, Sales, and Collections to shape the data science roadmap.
  • •Architect and evolve production ML pipelines and monitoring frameworks; define standards for model development, validation, code quality, and documentation; mentor data scientists.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 208,000 - 286,000 annually
Perks:MedicalDentalVisionRrsp MatchParental LeaveLearning BudgetWellness StipendVolunteering Days

Key Requirements

  • •Deep experience building and deploying credit risk models (especially underwriting) in fintech, lending, or financial services.
  • •10+ years hands-on model development and deployment using statistical and machine learning techniques, including generalized linear models, gradient boosting, and deep learning.
  • •Proven track record leading high-impact data science initiatives from ambiguity to production with measurable business results.
  • •Experience with real-time models, decisioning engines, and production-grade ML pipelines (preferred).
  • •Expert in Python, SQL, and Git, plus experience designing and deploying models in a cloud platform (e.g., AWS/SageMaker) and using workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Metaflow preferred).
Experience:10+ yearsFintechLendingFinancial services
Education:Bachelor's in Financial/Applied Math, Operations Research, Economics, and/or Statistics
Skills:Project managementCommunicationMentorshipCritical thinkingProblem-solving
Tech Stack:PythonSQLGitAWSSageMakerMetaflowSnowflakeDatabricksArizeTaktileTecton

Company Brief

Forward Financing
Forward Financing is a Boston-based fintech lender that provides fast, flexible revenue-based working capital to small businesses nationwide, using proprietary underwriting and capital markets facilities to deliver timely funding solutions.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Boston, United States
Founded: 2012
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