Team Lead, Machine Learning

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We are proud to announce that Assent has crossed the US$100M ARR milestone, granting us Centaur Status. This accomplishment, reached just 8 years following our Series A, makes us the first and only Certified B Corporation in North America's SaaS sustainability industry to celebrate this milestone.

Our journey from $5 million to US$100M ARR in just eight years has been marked by significant growth and achievements. With our $350 million US funding led by Vista Equity Partners, we're poised for even greater expansion and are on the lookout for outstanding team members to join our mission.

Hybrid Work Model

At Assent, we proudly embrace a remote-first work model, valuing the flexibility and autonomy it provides our team. We also acknowledge the intangible benefits of occasional in-person workdays. For team members situated within 50 kms/31 miles of our five global offices in Ottawa, Eldoret, Penang, Columbus, and Amsterdam, you can expect to come into the office at least one day a week. Similarly, those near our co-working spaces in Nairobi and Toronto are encouraged to work onsite once a month.

The Team Lead, Machine Learning is responsible for leading a small team of Machine Learning professionals within Assent's Engineering organization. The Team Lead and their team will find and prototype solutions to complex problems, working alongside their engineering colleagues to deliver additional AI and ML products to production. This role is a combination of technical expertise and people management, contributing code, strategic direction, and mentorship to the Machine Learning engineering team. This role calls for a data-oriented, out-of-the-box thinker who is passionate about data, machine learning, and understanding and driving business value.

Key Requirements and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and technical mentorship to the ML Engineers at Assent;
• Work closely with business stakeholders and cross-functional partners to:
  • Build prototype models and systems;
  • Grow and extend models and systems;
  • Push solutions to production;
• Lead ML team agile ceremonies, support code review and daily work of ML Engineers;
• Be curious and not afraid to try unconventional ideas to find solutions to difficult problems;
• Be self-motivated and highly proactive at exploring new technologies;
• Engage in data mining using state-of-the-art methods;
• Enhance data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems;
• Support ad-hoc analysis, presenting results in a clear manner;
• Write unit tests and acceptance tests based on functionality built;
• Configure & deploy implementations to the Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud;

This is not an exhaustive list of duties. Responsibilities may be altered and/or added from time to time to meet business needs.

We strongly value your talent, energy, and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications:

• 3-5 years of professional experience developing and implementing machine learning models from large data sets.
• A demonstrated ability to lead projects, mentor junior ML developers, or guide interns.
• Strong understanding of Data Science models, tools, statistical methods, and their applications in digital data processing and analysis.
• Proven ability to develop and implement Machine Learning models from large datasets.
• Strong knowledge of SQL for data retrieval.
• Excellent ability to use Python for data extraction and manipulation.
• Ability to apply statistical analysis on data and develop robust ML models.
• Ability to apply engineering principles to proactively identify issues, develop solutions, and recommend improvements.
• Excellent analytical ability and creative problem-solving skills, including the ability to deal with situations where information is difficult to obtain, complex, or ambiguous.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the aforementioned duties and responsibilities satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. Assent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

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At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact talent@assent.com and we will be happy to help.