AI-Focused Data Scientist: ML/DL & Business Impact

Placements24; Bloemfontein; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical aid

Retirement fund

Professional development

Conference attendance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a talented Data Scientist in Welkom to develop, train, and evaluate machine learning and deep learning models for business applications.

You will perform exploratory data analysis, design preprocessing pipelines, and translate complex findings into actionable insights for stakeholders, while collaborating with engineering teams to deploy models and stay ahead of AI advancements.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Proven experience in applying machine learning algorithms to solve business problems.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Strong understanding of statistics and experimental design.
• Experience with data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and evaluate ML and DL models for business applications.
• Perform EDA to identify patterns and anomalies in large datasets.
• Design data preprocessing and feature engineering pipelines.
• Translate analytical findings into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy models into production.
• Stay current with AI and ML advancements.

Skills

Python

R

ML algorithms

EDA

Data visualization

Education

Master’s or PhD in Statistics/Mathematics/CS/Data Science

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a talented Data Scientist in Welkom to develop, train, and evaluate machine learning and deep learning models for business applications.

You will perform exploratory data analysis, design preprocessing pipelines, and translate complex findings into actionable insights for stakeholders, while collaborating with engineering teams to deploy models and stay ahead of AI advancements.