Data Scientist - Montréal, Canada - Local Logic

Local Logic

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Our Mission

Local Logic is digitizing the built world to make it universally understandable and actionable for consumers, investors, developers, and governments with the ambition of helping build cities that are more sustainable and equitable for the people that live in them.

To achieve that dream, we've built a digital twin of cities, quantifying the built world using data and AI to interpret the $217T real estate market throughout the US and Canada.

We started our journey at McGill University's urban planning department, where we came to see that cities were being developed in all kinds of unsustainable ways.

Why were sprawling suburbs still being built, when doing so would increase pollution and inequality? Why were new business parks being built far from mass transit, when doing so would make traffic congestion skyrocket? Why was social housing being built in places that would exacerbate social problems rather than improve them?

It became clear to us why: cities are incredibly difficult to understand.

But we realized that with recent advances in data science, all the complexity of cities could be made simple enough for anyone to understand.

And that understanding would be essential to making the sustainable, equitable, and prosperous cities that we so desperately need.

Today, Local Logic delivers sophisticated location insights through webtools, APIs, one-click reports and a data analytics platform.

Our insights are powered by billions of data points we've generated that describe all aspects of cities - from the distance to the nearest bus stop, the quietness on a street, to the most recent trends in the housing market and more.

Your Mission

As Data Scientist at Local Logic, you will be responsible for quantitative research on cities and real estate, on the one hand, and our product usage, on the other hand - all with the goal of helping to inform product strategy and to discover hidden value in our city and real estate data.

You are an agile researcher and strategist at your core, able to rapidly and creatively identify the right questions to ask, help others reframe their questions so they uncover bigger opportunities, understand the value of combining quantitative and qualitative exploratory and evaluative methods, and are excited about doing this at variable speeds and depths to respond to a constantly evolving start-up environment.

You believe in our mission and want to help us achieve it.

You bring your own unique perspective to the team, so you can challenge the way we do things for the better.

You're able to speak up when you disagree, ask questions when you don't understand, and take ownership of your work.

We're a remote-enabled company, so if you want to work remotely once a week, twice a week, or five days a week, you'll have all the necessary tools and support you need to do so.

Why Should You Work Here?

At Local Logic, you have an amazing opportunity to be an early team member of an expanding series A backed startup.

We are focused on understanding the world and its cities to predict the future, and make the real estate market more transparent.

We are a people first company that strives to create the best experience for our employees by creating an inclusive, collaborative, challenging environment to learn and problem solve on a daily basis.

You will have access to benefits such as: stock options; comprehensive health, dental and vision plans for you and your family; annual coverage for paramedical services like massage, nutrition and naturopathy; telemedicine service for employees and their families; a culture that emphasizes learning and work-life harmony; unlimited vacation; Intentional Fridays; discretionary health and benefits credit.

To support our company value of being Growth Oriented, employees are given a $500 annual professional development credit, as well as 8 hours of professional development time per month.

Take the time to develop a new skill, read up on the industry, attend a workshop or conference, or take a short course

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We're aiming to build a diverse team and inclusive company culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

As a Data Scientist, Your Responsibilities Will Include:

Working with the Head of Insights and others in the company to plan and conduct research on the value of our city and real estate data for the problems that matter for our target users and customers;
Analyzing user engagement data for our diverse products to identify opportunities and gaps useful for product development decisions;
Collaborating with product managers, developers, designers, other data scientists, and data engineers to contr