Data Science Team Leader

1 week ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa The Digital Academy Full time
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The Digital Academy focuses on creating innovative digital products in Africa.

Launched in response to a frustrating lack of digital skills on the continent, our vision is to create opportunities for youth through incentive-based learning with strategic corporate partners who share a common vision.

Our interns learn practical, hands-on development skills that are needed in the real world whilst building commercial-facing products via a rapid internship programme.


Duties
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Mentor and support learners to achieve a theoretical and practical understanding of modern data science practices
  • Implementing datascience solutions to fulfil clients' requirements.
  • Leading and managing learners
  • Reporting to management on the progress of the products and development of the learners.
  • Where appropriate, act as the representative between nontechnical business owners and internal and external suppliers of IT Services.
  • Ensure timely resolution of customer issues by referring issues to product or service specialists

Criteria

Essential

  • 13+ years of relevant experience in the Data Science industry
  • Experience with Python, PowerBI (Or similar), SQL and NoSQL
  • Demonstrated knowledge of modern data science techniques.
  • Demonstrated experience developing data science solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a productive team member, within an environment where there are time constraints and the pressure of project deliverables
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate and work effectively with a diverse range of clients and stakeholders and ensure an engaged, productive team and client culture.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to contribute effectively in / and facilitate meetings, write clear and precise user stories, packaged releases, and technical documentation.
  • A clear understanding of how to work in an agile environment using SCRUM principles
  • Passion for teaching others

Desirable

  • Experience working with Power BI
  • Experience with SAS
  • Experience with Python Jupyter IDE
  • Experience with Postgresql and MongoDB
  • Experience with Data Warehousing
  • Experience with Machine learning
  • Experience with TensorFlow

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

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