Senior Data Scientist | Cape Town
1 day ago
Remote, wes kaap, South Africa
Network Finance
Full-time
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ey Requirements
- 8+ years' experience in Data Science, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- AWS (S3, Redshift, SageMaker, Lambda, Glue, or related services)
- Snowflake
- Python
- SQL
- Power BI
- Machine Learning model development and deployment
- Experience building and deploying predictive, classification, clustering, and forecasting models.
- Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, data pipelines, and large-scale data processing.
- Proven experience working with structured and unstructured datasets.
- Experience translating complex business problems into practical analytical solutions.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and business partnering skills.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models to solve complex business challenges.
- Build scalable data science solutions leveraging AWS and Snowflake platforms.
- Develop and maintain advanced analytics, predictive models, and forecasting solutions.
- Create impactful dashboards and visualisations using Power BI .
- Perform data exploration, feature engineering, model tuning, and performance optimisation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Data Engineering, Product, and Business stakeholders.
- Ensure best practices around model governance, data quality, and documentation.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the overall data strategy.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Postgraduate qualification advantageous.
- AWS certifications highly beneficial.
- Experience with MLOps and model deployment frameworks advantageous.
- Exposure to AI, Generative AI, or NLP solutions would be beneficial.
Location
- Cape Town (Hybrid/Onsite)