Data Scientist
2 weeks ago
**Data Scientist**
**Permanent**
**Cape Town**
Join the Marketing team of a large, well-known enterprise. An established organisation is looking to appoint a Data Scientist I who is eager to grow their career within the marketing team, by supporting the Data Scientist team to transform and model data sets that provides valuable insights to the business while contributing towards leveraging data as a competitive advantage. The role extracts, analyses and interprets data from a range of sources, using algorithmic, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistical tools, to uncover trends and patterns that support business objectives. The Data Scientist has a passion for developing their skills in the art of Data Science, requiring a combination of technical, analytical and communication skills to infer meaning from data and translate these in a concise and cohesive story.
**Job Objectives**:
- Under the guidance of the Data Scientist Lead / Team Lead, work with business stakeholders to identify business requirements and model and frame business scenarios that are meaningful and that answers business questions.
- Work closely with data and software teams to translate business requirements into fit-for-purpose, robust and scalable solutions.
- Develop, validate and execute basic algorithms and predictive models to collect, merge, analyse, extract and interpret large datasets.
- Use data to investigate problems, detect patterns and extrapolate insights.
- Develop data structures and pipelines to organise, collect and standardise data.
- Perform data preparation in order to reduce and shape data. Clean and validate data and assure its integrity, accuracy, completeness, and uniformity.
- Test data mining models to select the most appropriate one for use on a project.
- Adhere to stringent quality assurance and documentation standards using version control and code repositories.
- Cross-validate models to ensure their generalizability.
- Assess the effectiveness of data sources and data-gathering techniques to improve data collection methods.
- Prepare analytical findings, results and reports using data visualisation techniques.
- Effectively structure and plan projects, timelines, and deliverables, working with the Data Scientist Lead / Team Lead to weigh any business and technical trade-offs.
- Conduct research from which to develop prototypes and proof of concepts.
- Share insights across teams to inform collaborative efforts.
- Stay updated on the latest research and developments in Data Science and adjacent fields to ensure the latest technology, techniques and methods are always applied.
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelors Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Technology, Information Systems or a related field (essential).
Experience in a retail, commercial or IT environment (desired)
- Basic knowledge of SQL, Python and data science toolkits (essential)
- Proficiency in MS Office 365 with well-developed Excel skills (essential).
- Exposure to delivering project outcomes using design thinking, lean and agile principles (desired)
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