Data Scientist: AI & ML Insights Lead – Sandton

Placements24; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Professional development and industry-

Access to advanced analytics tools

Paid annual leave

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a talented Data Scientist for our Sandton, Gauteng team. You will extract actionable insights from large datasets and build predictive models that inform business strategy.

You will work with cutting-edge AI and ML techniques to solve diverse challenges in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in statistics and machine learning, is proficient in Python or R, and can communicate complex results clearly.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or related quantitative field.
• Proven experience as a Data Scientist or similar analytical role.
• Strong proficiency in Python or R with data science libraries.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large, complex datasets to identify trends and insights relevant to business objectives.
• Develop, train, and evaluate machine learning models for predictive analytics and classification.
• Design and implement experiments to test hypotheses and validate model performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into data science problems in Sandton, Gauteng.
• Clean, preprocess, and transform data for analysis and modeling.
• Communicate findings effectively through visualizations and reports.
• Stay updated with data science, ML, and AI advancements.
• Develop and maintain data science models in production with MLOps engineers.

Skills

Python

R

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Tableau

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Cloud Platforms

AWS

Azure

GCP

Jupyter

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Jupyter

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a talented Data Scientist for our Sandton, Gauteng team. You will extract actionable insights from large datasets and build predictive models that inform business strategy.

You will work with cutting-edge AI and ML techniques to solve diverse challenges in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in statistics and machine learning, is proficient in Python or R, and can communicate complex results clearly.