Canadian Tire posts $64K CAD salary for PhD-level Senior AI Scientist in Toronto
floguo · x · 2026-11-06
A job posting from Canadian Tire for a "Senior Applied AI Scientist" went viral on X: it demands a PhD, 5+ years of ML/AI experience, and hands-on GenAI and foundation LLM skills — but offers a salary range of just CAD $64,000–$106,000 (about USD $46K at the low end) in Toronto, hybrid 4 days a week.
A quoted tweet also flags OpenTable hiring an AI Applied Engineer in Toronto with a max pay of CAD $110K (USD $78K), fueling criticism that traditional companies are badly mispricing senior AI talent.
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