Senior Data Scientist: AI & Analytics Leader

NCS Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to tackle complex data science challenges. The role involves translating customer issues into analytics solutions, developing sophisticated algorithms, and presenting insights to audiences. Ideal candidates will have a postgraduate degree and 5 years of experience in advanced analytics. Proficiency in Python or R is essential, along with strong communication skills. The company offers competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Strong professional development support

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in advanced analytics delivery or equivalent academic exposure.
• Strong knowledge in feature selection and extraction across varied data types.
• Proficiency in Python or R, and Apache Spark or similar scripting language.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer pain‑points into problem statements and architect analytics solutions.
• Present results and learnings to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Manage full lifecycle of data cleaning, preprocessing, feature engineering, modelling, and deployment.

Skills

Feature selection and extraction

Supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques

Statistics

Data manipulation and analysis

Communication of quantitative analysis

Education

Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Business Analytics or equivalent

Tools

Python or R

Apache Spark

Data visualization tools like Tableau or Qlik

Job description

A leading technology services firm is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to tackle complex data science challenges. The role involves translating customer issues into analytics solutions, developing sophisticated algorithms, and presenting insights to audiences. Ideal candidates will have a postgraduate degree and 5 years of experience in advanced analytics. Proficiency in Python or R is essential, along with strong communication skills. The company offers competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment.