Senior Data Scientist, Wealthsimple
Crypto
CA$151-189k
+ Equity
Professional investing services made simple
Open for applications
Professional investing services made simple
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$151-189k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone achieve financial freedom.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years experience working in data science, product analytics, experimentation, or a related field
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills using SQL and Python
- Ability to influence product or business decisions through data and clear communication
- Strong product thinking and the ability to connect customer behaviour to business outcomes
- Comfort working cross-functionally and building strong relationships across disciplines
- Familiarity with experimentation and causal inference methods
- Exposure to DBT or modern data modelling tooling
- Knowledge of fintech, investing, or crypto products
- Experience using AI tools to improve analysis, communication, or decision-making workflows
- You’re curious and proactive, and you look beyond the immediate ask to identify opportunities for impact
- You’re comfortable working through unclear problems and helping teams create clarity
- You balance analytical rigor with pragmatism and good judgment
- You communicate thoughtfully and adapt well to different audiences
- You value collaboration and work well with people across different functions and perspectives
- You’re excited to learn new domains and tackle unfamiliar problems
- You care about building products that genuinely improve clients’ financial lives
What the job involves
- The Crypto team helps shape some of Wealthsimple’s highest-priority product and business decisions, from onboarding and trading to engagement, retention, and new product development
- As part of the broader Data Science & Engineering (DSE) organization, we partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Operations to use experimentation, analytics, and strong product thinking to build crypto products that are accessible, intuitive, and trustworthy for millions of clients
- We’re looking for a Senior Product Data Scientist to help shape the future of Wealthsimple’s crypto experience through strong product thinking, analytical rigor, and close cross-functional partnership
- You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Operations to identify opportunities, evaluate tradeoffs, and influence product and business decisions
- This role exists to help the team better understand customer behaviour, measure impact, and focus on the problems that matter most
- You won’t just support decisions, you’ll help shape them by proactively surfacing insights, identifying opportunities, and helping bring clarity to complex product questions
- This is not a data/ML engineering role
- While you will build data pipelines and occasional models, your primary output is high-quality business decisions
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Operations to inform and shape product strategy, prioritization, and decision-making
- Develop metrics, data models, and analytical frameworks that improve how teams understand customer behaviour and business performance
- Identify opportunities to improve customer experience, growth, retention, and operational efficiency through data
- Translate complex business questions into clear recommendations and actionable insights
- Proactively surface trends, risks, and opportunities that help the team focus on the highest-impact work
- Collaborate with Analytics Engineering to improve the quality, scalability, and usability of data foundations for the team
Our take
Wealthsimple is one of a crop of robo-advisors trying to democratise investment management. These companies are disrupting the industry by automating many of the processes involved in investment, removing the need for human advisors.
But while other so-called robo-advisors are focused on courting the high end of the market, Wealthsimple is trying to provide the same types of tools and advice to all users, regardless of the amount they have to invest.
Wealthsimple does have higher fees than some other robo-advisors such as Betterment and Charles Schwab. However, the company believes that it provides a more user-friendly platform, tailored to millennials who will be attracted to Wealthsimple due to its ease of use and social impact offerings.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2025
$387.8m
LATE VC
May 2021
$528.7m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Retirement savings matching plan through Wealthsimple Work
- Company equity for full-time employees
- Access to Premium Client perks, including personal finance learning & advice and a boosted interest rate on deposits
- Paid parental leave (6 months topped up to 100% of salary)
- 20 vacation days per year
- 90 Days Away program
- Top-tier health benefits
- Life & disability insurance
- Generous sick and mental health days
- Employee resource plan including services like RMT, psychology, and physiotherapy
- Up to $5,000 per year for mental health supports
- Gender Affirmation benefits
- Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
- Up to $1,500 per year for wellness and home office expenses
- Employee resource groups
- Social impact hours
Company HQ
Fashion District, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Katchen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey and then at Ancestry.com as Country Director for Canada.
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