Senior ML Data Scientist Hybrid: Predictive Modeling Lead

Placements24; United States; Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Welkom

Professional development budget

Advanced computing resources

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for an analytics client in Welkom, Free State. The role covers end-to-end ML projects from data exploration to deployment in a hybrid work setting.

You will build predictive models, perform EDA and feature engineering, and collaborate with stakeholders. Requires an advanced degree and ML focus, with strong Python or R and SQL skills; cloud familiarity is a plus.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in CS, statistics, math or related field.
• Proven Data Scientist with focus on ML.
• Strong Python or R skills and SQL experience.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms desirable.
• Hybrid work model expected.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and deploy ML models for varied applications.
• Conduct EDA and feature engineering to derive insights.
• Prepare data and ensure scalable data pipelines.
• Evaluate models with appropriate metrics and improve performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and communicate results clearly.
• Mentor junior data scientists and stay updated on ML research.

Skills

Data science

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Master's or PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Pandas

NumPy

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for an analytics client in Welkom, Free State. The role covers end-to-end ML projects from data exploration to deployment in a hybrid work setting.

You will build predictive models, perform EDA and feature engineering, and collaborate with stakeholders. Requires an advanced degree and ML focus, with strong Python or R and SQL skills; cloud familiarity is a plus.