Data Scientist: Drive AI-powered Growth Across Africa

Quiet Capital; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Hybrid work

Paid holidays

Bonuses

Job summary

Yassir, the leading super app in Africa, is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Data and AI team. You will apply advanced analytics to shape product strategy across ride-hailing, delivery and financial services, impacting millions of users in 45 cities across 7 countries.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Research and Marketing, building data-driven products and guiding decision making through hypothesis testing, dashboards and scalable models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, or a related technical field.
• At least 2 years of analytics or data science experience in a business or product setting.
• Experience with SQL, Python and/or R for data analysis and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Work on ML/AI products, front-end products and backend systems using data analysis to inform decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing and others to solve business problems.
• Act as a data ambassador and promote a data-driven product development culture.
• Influence strategy and execution by shaping hypotheses, testing, and measuring impact with data.

Skills

Mathematics

Statistics

Data analytics

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Mathematics or Statistics

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Yassir, the leading super app in Africa, is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Data and AI team. You will apply advanced analytics to shape product strategy across ride-hailing, delivery and financial services, impacting millions of users in 45 cities across 7 countries.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Research and Marketing, building data-driven products and guiding decision making through hypothesis testing, dashboards and scalable models.