ML engineer

Post Date

Dec 08, 2023

Location

Toronto,
Ontario

ZIP/Postal Code

M5V2V9
Canada
Sep 14, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

TOR-669053

Pay Rate

$65 - $98 (hourly estimate)

Who Can Apply

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join a Search team, the candidate will use an abundance of data from the Loblaw enterprise in order to build solutions that power Search in Loblaw enterprise ecommerce platforms, creating a convenient and delightful experience for our customers.



The candidate will work with stakeholders within Loblaw Digital to conceive Search products, and leverage collective domain expertise to design business-logic guardrails around their model output. Designing experiments to measure the effectiveness of their solution in driving customer conversions and general value, through key business metrics such as add-to-cart rate and mean reciprocal rank.

Required Skills & Experience

* MS or PhD in a STEM field -- especially computer science -- or equivalent work experience in a Data Scientist or closely related role

* A portfolio including work in the domain of data science and ML

* Past experience/familiarity with Search and recommendation models

* Creative, resourceful, and productive problem-solver who presents technical leadership during projects

* Able to work independently and collaboratively.

*Communication is very important

* Passion for building ML solutions to fluid, open-ended problems

* Experience in software development best practices

* Comfortable with advanced SQL querying

* Proficient in Python and familiar with a compiled language

* Experience with big-data tools, e.g. Spark, Beam, Kafka.

* Experience with dataviz tools such as Tableau, Looker, Kibana etc.

- Search Experience

- Recommendations Experience

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.