Data Scientist III

2 months ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company Full time

About the Role

A Data Scientist III at LexisNexis Legal & Professional should possess a deep understanding of best practices and processes, enabling them to execute them independently. They will review requirements and results with supervisors, work with managers to define project scope, and execute the necessary methods to develop, test, and deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support to senior Data Scientists
  • Pull data, clean data, build, and maintain existing models
  • Participate in result presentation to internal stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of relevant work experience
  • Or a master's degree in a relevant field

Data Science and NLP Skills

Formal training in machine learning dimensionality reduction, clustering, embeddings, and sequence classification algorithms is required. Practical experience in Natural Language Processing methods and libraries such as spaCy, word2vec, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Flair, BERT, large language models, and prompt engineering is expected.

Technical Skills

Strong background in Python, Scala, or Java is necessary. Knowledge of AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud platforms is required. Understanding of data modelling principles and complex data models is essential. Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and AWS Neptune, is required. Knowledge of Spark, Ray, or other distributed computing systems is highly preferred. Knowledge of API development, containerization, and machine learning deployment is highly preferred. Interest in ML Ops/AI Ops is highly preferred.

Data Science Skills

  • Competency in relevant skills and software packages
  • Demonstrates competencies in relevant Data Science and/or Statistical frameworks
  • Able to apply Machine Learning, Data Mining, and/or Statistical methods to build advanced models
  • Able to roll into production with senior guidance
  • Understands and creates typical data steps to prepare and process data for analysis
  • Able to execute standard coding for projects and processes to do the job successfully using company standard toolsets
  • Independent support of small-scale projects. Support from others in supporting more complicated project steps
  • Understands and executes complex methods within discipline, industry, and domain

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.

Working with Us

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Working for you

We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

  • Comprehensive, multi-carrier health plan benefits
  • Disability insurance
  • Dependent care and commuter spending accounts
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Retirement benefits (salary investment plan/employer stock purchase plan)
  • Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy

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