Data Scientist Durban

Recruit Assist; Durban; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Data Scientist/Analyst in Durban to contribute to the development of AI solutions and support client queries. The role demands strong analytical skills and a solid IT background, with responsibilities including data management and business intelligence project execution.

Qualifications

• Strong background in statistics, machine learning, and deep learning.
• Ability to handle, interpret, and analyze data efficiently.
• Experience in a high-pressure environment with quick turnaround times.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the company's vision in AI/ML.
• Extract, cleanse, and validate data for analysis.
• Present findings to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Education

Relevant IT Degree / Diploma

Tools

T-SQL

R

Python

Excel

Job description

Introduction: DATA SCIENTIST / ANALYST to assist in the development of new AI offerings, monitoring of existing products, and supporting client queries.

This role requires a proactive personality, an extremely analytical mindset, attention to detail, and excellent time management and communication skills.

Generate outputs to provide analytical and quantitative insights to the business to enable improved operational, tactical, and strategic decisions.

The role involves working under pressure to deliver tasks.

The candidate will be responsible for managing the entire deliverable process: from requirement gathering, data collection, data cleaning and manipulation, model creation, analysis, to presentation of findings to clients.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the company's vision and innovations within the AI / ML space.
• Enhance effectiveness and performance, staying up-to-date with the latest tools, trends, and technologies.
• Extract, cleanse, and validate data for analysis.
• Translate business strategies into actionable goals and execute relevant BI projects aligned with strategic objectives, including performance tracking.
• Extract data from various sources and convert it into meaningful insights to improve business decisions.
• Participate in new projects, designing and developing Business Intelligence solutions based on business requirements, and handle ad-hoc information requests from clients within specified timeframes.
• Confidently present findings to senior stakeholders.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• Relevant IT Degree / Diploma.
• Strong background in statistics, machine learning, and deep learning.
• Ability to handle, interpret, and analyze data efficiently.
• Proficiency in T-SQL, R, Python, Excel.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with quick turnaround times to meet client expectations.