Applied AI Scientist

Hi, Future Homie!

At Homebase, you'll join a team that's bold, fast-moving, and obsessed with helping small businesses thrive. We build with empathy, act with urgency, and take big swings that drive real-world impact. Here, every Homie shows up to raise the bar, support one another, and celebrate wins as a team.

We're not just building an app - we're building unstoppable teams. So what do you say, are you in?

📍Your Impact Starts Here

We're looking for an Applied AI Scientist who's passionate about building intelligent systems that directly impact real-world customers. You'll work at the intersection of AI, product, and engineering - bringing cutting-edge models into production to power meaningful experiences for small business teams.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how AI transforms team management, from automation to decision-making, in a fast-moving, AI-first company. You'll collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact solutions and continuously raise the bar on what's possible with modern AI.

These are the key ways you'll contribute and create impact in this role:

- Drive advancements in LLMs and applied AI systems, rapidly experimenting and iterating in a fast-evolving landscape

- Leverage, fine-tune, and deploy models - owning the lifecycle from experimentation to production, scaling, and monitoring

- Build AI-powered features that solve critical business problems across product domains

- Develop and track metrics that measure real customer impact, ensuring alignment with business outcomes

- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to deliver production-ready solutions

- Communicate insights and experiment results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Support leadership and teams with data-driven decision-making

- Continuously improve workflows using AI tools and automation to increase velocity and impact

🚀 The Foundation for Success - These are the experiences and strengths that will set you up for success in this role:

- Strong foundation in machine learning principles and applied modeling

- Deep experience working with LLMs or frontier AI models (industry or academia)

- Demonstrated ability to productionize ML systems (real-time, batch, or streaming)

- Proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation and model development

- Experience evaluating models using both technical metrics and business impact

- Ability to break down complex problems into structured, solvable components

- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions

- Adaptability and curiosity to evolve alongside rapidly changing AI capabilities

- Experience improving workflows using AI tools and measuring impact (AI fluency expectation)

🤝 The Homie Way - These principles guide everything we do - from how we work and make decisions to how we show up for each other.

- 💡 Be Customer Obsessed - Solve problems with empathy and creativity.

- ⚡ Move Fast, Learn Fast - Experiment, take action, and grow every day.

- 🎯 Own Your Impact - Think big, focus on what matters, and make decisions you stand behind.

- 🏆 Master Your Craft - Excellence fuels impact - show up, step up, and make your mark.

- 🏅 Win Together - Put goals over roles, lead with trust, and connect to our mission and each other.

What We Offer

- 💰 Ownership & Savings: Stock options + TFSA/RRSP with 4% company match

- 🏥 Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents

- ⏰ Paid Time Off: Flexible PTO + company holidays + designated focus periods

- 🤖 AI access, for real: We invest in builders and believe that curiosity shouldn't have a paywall. That means you'll have access to paid AI tools with minimal restrictions, so you can build, experiment, and level up your craft.

- 👶 Family Support: Maternity/Parental Leave EI top-up support offered (after 6 months of service)

- 🌟 Work Your Way: Work From Anywhere Month + meeting-free weeks yearly

- 🛡️ Protection Plans: Life insurance + short/long-term disability coverage

- 🍽️ Workspace Perks: Meals provided, team offsites, and Customer Days

- 💼 Our Hybrid Rhythm: We believe collaboration drives impact. That's why Tuesday and Wednesday are our required in-office days - a time to move faster as a team, build deeper connections, make better decisions, and build together.

What to Expect During the Interview Process

- Meet the Talent Acquisition team, Mavel W. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mavel-wayman-0ab35447/

- Meet the Hiring Manager, Ted N. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tednaseri/

- Participate in Technical Interviews (Onsite)

- Meet our Director of Data & AI

- Background Check + Offer Stage

- Welcome to the team, Homie 🎉

💜 Belonging at Homebase - We're committed to fostering a welcoming space where every Homie can be their full self. Experience comes in many forms - so if you're excited about this role, even if you don't meet 1