Hybrid Spatial Data Analyst — Stats + Prototyping

iX; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

25 days leave

Mentorship & Growth

Market-related salary

Job summary

Lightstone is seeking a highly analytical Spatial Data Analyst with statistical competency to join our property and retail teams in Gauteng, Randburg. The role involves querying large datasets, applying statistical models in Python, and building lightweight dashboards to prototype client concepts before production.

You will bridge deep data interrogation with spatial analytics, present concepts to clients, and translate findings into actionable business insights using SQL, Spatial SQL, Python

Qualifications

• BSc or BCom (Hons preferred) in Statistics, Geoinformatics / GIS (with a strong stats focus)
• 1–3 years of professional, hands-on experience in a data-heavy environment

Responsibilities

• Query, clean, and manipulate massive datasets using SQL, including spatial joins.
• Conduct statistical analysis and modelling in Python (EDA, hypothesis tests, regression, spatial clustering).
• Build lightweight dashboards with Power BI or Python-based web frameworks to prototype client solutions.
• Translate complex statistical findings into practical business insights for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Spatial SQL

Python

Power BI

Geoinformatics

Education

BSc or BCom (Hons) in Statistics / GIS / Econometrics

Tools

Geopandas

Shapely

GDAL

Job description

Lightstone is seeking a highly analytical Spatial Data Analyst with statistical competency to join our property and retail teams in Gauteng, Randburg. The role involves querying large datasets, applying statistical models in Python, and building lightweight dashboards to prototype client concepts before production.

You will bridge deep data interrogation with spatial analytics, present concepts to clients, and translate findings into actionable business insights using SQL, Spatial SQL, Python