We are hiring: ML / Data Science Consultant (Contract, Canada) At Quill, we are building PodPromote, a system that turns a podcast client's intake into a paid advertising strategy: which ad partners to use, budget per tactic, and expected downloads. We are looking for a senior data scientist or ML practitioner for a short, one-time engagement. This is not a full time hire. We need an expert to review our data and tell us exactly what to build, including whether we need ML at all.

What you'll do
• Review our historical intake-to-strategy data and identify which inputs actually drive strategy selection
• Recommend the simplest approach (rules, classical ML, or LLM-assisted) that hits 85–90% accuracy with explainable outputs
• Define the evaluation framework and a clear build plan




• Hand it off to our team so they can own it You have
• Production ML

experience:
models real clients used
• Strong small-data, tabular skills (multi-label classification, feature importance, Python, scikit-learn, XGBoost/LightGBM)
• The judgement to recommend "no ML" when that is the right call
• Clear communication and comfort mentoring a developer
• A base in Canada (required) Details:
• Remote
• Starting October 2026
• Hours scoped together
• Rate open Interested? Send a short note mentioning your interest in this contract position with your CV and we will get in touch with you

📌 ML / Data Science Consultant (Canada)
🏢 CoHost
📍 Canada