Position Title: Technical Specialist: Research, Data and Modeling

Location: Remote-First (Canada)

Salary Range: $36 - $43 per hour

At RWI Synthetics, we’re not just hiring for a job - we’re inviting you to join a movement. Forget everything you think you know about interviews or hiring. Our process is designed to get to know you - your dreams, your passions, and how you envision shaping the future. Through a series of conversations, we’ll ensure this relationship is equally beneficial - for you and for us.

If this role doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for you, share it with the first person who came to mind while reading it. We trust your instincts to help us find the right person for this opportunity.

Who We Are

At RWI, we’re reimagining what’s possible by tackling some of the world’s most significant challenges - disaster readiness, decarbonization, sustainable growth, and inclusive communities. We combine cutting-edge technology, storytelling, and collaboration to create solutions that build a more equitable, sustainable planet.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and contribute to innovative projects that deliver real-world impact.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create solutions that exceed expectations.
• Combine creativity and technical expertise to tell compelling stories with data.
• Participate in team education, knowledge sharing, and process improvement.
• Survey relevant research to identify applicable data sources and open data sources
• Integrate static datasets (e.g., census data, infrastructure grids, demographic attributes) into population models, enhancing their value for downstream applications.
• Build non-generative models to supplement and enrich synthetic populations during key phases of the modeling process.
• Create and enrich synthetic populations, ensuring demographic, geographic, and economic diversity and accuracy
• Ensure differentiation and accuracy in synthetic populations by applying advanced enrichment methods and validating results.
• Maintain a curated catalog of data sources, evaluate their quality, and ensure they align with project goals and applications.
• Push the boundaries of what can be simulated, explained, understood and shared through advanced data analysis and profound data visualization
• Design models and systems of models that interact to recreate real-life systems of systems under known and novel circumstances, infrastructure and people
• Design environments, scenarios, experiments and models
• Use additional sources of data and information to provide arms-length validation of data, models, outcomes and insight
• Use the RWI Symbolic Notation Language (SNL) and supporting tools that enable social scientists and engineers, without programming backgrounds, to implement, test, integrate and validate models, incrementally
• Exercise good judgement and decision making in complex and novel areas of modelling, including seeking input and guidance from team members - use provided tools and training to collaborate around large datasets to measure outcomes, benefits, impacts, indicators that establish baselines, indicators, and forecasts to support actionable recommendations
• Communicate project results and population insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, tailoring outputs for stakeholder needs.
• Apply quantitative methodology to arrive at data-based insight and make data-driven recommendations that influence customer and stakeholder strategy and business decisions through fact-based, data-driven insights and analysis

What You’ll Bring

• You have completed your education in a quantitative field such as computer science, data science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline. Advanced education or a focus on population modeling, GIS, or data synthesis is an asset.
• You have experience participating in projects in data modeling, data integration, or synthetic population creation, especially with teams from diverse professional backgrounds.
• You are skilled at synthesizing complex datasets into clear, actionable outputs and enriching them with static attributes.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy working across disciplines to meet shared goals.
• You are passionate about delivering results that are not only accurate but also impactful and aligned with real-world applications.
• You take full responsibility for the accuracy and quality of your work, ensuring that it is validated thoroughly and no additional rechecking is necessary.
• You are results-oriented and have the ability to tie your activities back to the end goal of the project.
• You are comfortable presenting results and insights to stakeholders, explaining technical details in a way that resonates with non-technical audiences.
• You value inclusivity, respect, and collaboration, and you thrive in diverse, multi-disciplinary teams.

What Anyone at RWI Needs to be Successful

Regardless of role, every member of our team shares these traits:

• Curiosity and drive: You love solving problems and exploring new ideas.
• Collaboration and inclusion: Success is about team wins, and you value diverse perspectives.
• Big-picture thinking: You connect the dots between challenges, solutions, and impact.
• Adaptability and resilience: You thrive in evolving environments.
• Respect and openness: You approach challenges with humility, valuing input from others.

• Emotional intelligence: We place a higher value on emotional intelligence (EI) skills than on job-specific skills. Empathy, collaboration, and effective communication are critical for fostering strong team dynamics and achieving organizational success.

What We Offer

• Purposeful work: Be part of a team where your contributions create meaningful change.
• Collaboration and respect: Work with a diverse team that values equity, inclusion, and your unique contributions.
• Room to grow: Work with a diverse team that values equity, inclusion, and your unique contributions.
• Flexibility: Our remote-first culture means you can thrive wherever you’re most productive.
• Support for your journey: We’re committed to creating a workplace where you feel valued, inspired, and empowered.

Accessibility and Inclusion

RWI is a Certified Indigenous Business through the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business,

and all team members are Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) certified. If you require

accommodations during the interview process, please let us know, and we’ll work together to

support your needs. At RWI Synthetic Futures, diversity is a strength. We encourage

applicants from all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities to apply.

How to Apply

Tell us about you. Share your story, your aspirations, and what excites you about this

opportunity. We’re interested in the person behind the application—not just your experience.

Submit your application and join us in building what’s next.