Senior Data Scientist - AI

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Opportunity Wealth Management Data & AI is responsible for delivering a global data foundation and innovative AI capabilities across all of Wealth Management’s global businesses. We are looking to hire a talented Data Scientist to join our data science and engineering team. The role will be responsible for applying modern AI and data techniques to deliver data science solutions for Wealth Management.

Responsibilities

Own and deliver data science projects end to end: from data exploration, data pre‑processing, to building and scaling ML algorithms and pipelines, to deployment and monitoring of production models.

Participate in developing high‑impact AI solutions for Wealth Management, from research and prototyping to production deployment, applying industry best practices to build robust and scalable large‑scale modeling systems.

Assist Operations business managers to perform advanced data analysis, statistical reports, and support ad‑hoc data explorations for various business cases.

Collaborate with stakeholders, data engineers, application developers, and product managers to build and productionise enterprise‑level Data & AI solutions.

Qualifications Must Have

3+ years of applied data science experience, in‑depth knowledge of statistical analysis, data structures, machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and generative AI.

Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python.

Experience in data manipulation, visualisations, handling unstructured data and large datasets.

Experience building and maintaining machine learning models, model tuning, and model monitoring.

Ability to apply data science and statistical techniques to solve real‑world business problems.

Ability to communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Agile/Scrum methodology.

Nice To Have

Master’s or PhD in computer science, engineering or related technical field.

Experience building data products for analytics.

Hands‑on experience with Prompt Engineering, designing and refining prompts to optimise LLM outputs, implementing Gen AI systems into production.

Familiarity with AI Ops workflow and pipelines for productionising models (CI/CD pipelines, observability, containers).

Benefits

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.

Leaders who support your development through coaching and management opportunities.

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high‑performing team.

A world‑class training programme in financial services.

Opportunities to do challenging work.

Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.

Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.

Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies.

Job Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Big Data Management

Data Analysis

Data Mining

Deep Learning

Machine Learning Model Development

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Python (Programming Language)

Statistical Analysis

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Unstructured Data

Visualisations

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W, TORONTO

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025‑09‑03

Application Deadline: 2025‑12‑16

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging, and opportunity for all.

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