Data Scientist - Insights, ML & Production Models

Communicate Recruitment; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 650,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicate Recruitment in Cape Town seeks a Data Scientist to turn complex data into actionable insights, build ML and predictive analytics models, and deliver dashboards that illuminate business opportunities.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to address real-world challenges, design robust statistical models, and monitor performance while staying ahead of trends in Data Science and AI.

Qualifications

• 4+ years hands-on Data Science, Advanced Analytics or ML roles
• Strong Python (Pandas/NumPy) and data science library experience
• Proven experience building, deploying and maintaining ML models in production
• Advanced SQL skills with large, complex datasets
• Solid knowledge of statistics, predictive modelling, hypothesis testing and data mining
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Hands-on data visualization with Power BI/Tableau
• Exposure to Databricks, Spark, Hadoop or distributed computing
• Experience with feature engineering, model evaluation and monitoring
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Experience in Agile environments and cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Turn complex data into clear, actionable business insights
• Build and optimise machine learning and predictive analytics models
• Identify trends and opportunities in large datasets
• Partner with stakeholders to solve real-world challenges through data
• Design and implement statistical models to support decisions
• Develop dashboards and visualisations to tell data stories
• Clean, transform, and validate data for accuracy
• Monitor, evaluate, and improve model performance over time
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to deploy data-driven solutions
• Stay ahead of trends in Data Science, AI and analytics
• Translate findings into actionable business recommendations
• Drive innovation by leveraging data to improve processes, products and customer experiences

Skills

Python (Pandas)

Scikit-learn

SQL

Data Viz

Big Data

Model Deployment

Stakeholder Comm

Agile

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Hadoop

Power BI

Tableau

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Communicate Recruitment in Cape Town seeks a Data Scientist to turn complex data into actionable insights, build ML and predictive analytics models, and deliver dashboards that illuminate business opportunities.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to address real-world challenges, design robust statistical models, and monitor performance while staying ahead of trends in Data Science and AI.