Senior AI Data Scientist — Remote (SA)

Placements24; East End (United States Virgin Islands); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote work environment

Medical aid

Retirement fund contributions

Generous annual leave

Paid personal days

Continuous learning opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior Data Scientist with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence for a fully remote role. You will lead AI/ML projects, work with large datasets, and develop predictive models to inform business decisions.

The position emphasizes end-to-end project ownership from conception to deployment, with collaboration across a distributed team and opportunities to work from anywhere in South Africa. Strong statistical background and Python/R expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics/CS/DS).
• 5+ years as a Data Scientist with a focus on AI/ML.
• Proficient in Python or R with ML libraries.
• Experience with SQL and large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy advanced ML models for prediction, classification, and clustering.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends and insights.
• Design experiments to validate model performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to deploy models in production.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Python

R

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior Data Scientist with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence for a fully remote role. You will lead AI/ML projects, work with large datasets, and develop predictive models to inform business decisions.

The position emphasizes end-to-end project ownership from conception to deployment, with collaboration across a distributed team and opportunities to work from anywhere in South Africa. Strong statistical background and Python/R expertise are essential.