Junior Data Scientist, Gaming Analytics & Dashboards

ATS Client; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Games Global is seeking a Data Scientist to power data-driven decision-making across the Central Intelligence Solutions team in Cape Town. You will develop analytical solutions, build predictive models, and create dashboards to drive business outcomes.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage data governance, and contribute to end-to-end data projects, applying statistical methods and modern ML techniques to gaming analytics.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Mathematician, Statistician, or Computer Scientist.
• Hands-on SQL experience (SSMS/Snowflake).
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R.
• Experience with GitHub/GitLab repositories.
• Ability to explore, transform, visualize, and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Strong communication of technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Solid understanding of data structures, databases, and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• Communicate clear and compelling insights to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Apply data science fundamentals to real business problems.
• Understand the gaming and commercial environment to anticipate analytical needs.
• Ensure data governance, quality, and security standards are upheld.
• Explore, transform, visualize, and analyse data from diverse sources.
• Build interactive dashboards and visualisations that spark conversations.
• Develop predictive models using ML algorithms.
• Contribute to at least 40% of the full data science lifecycle in production.
• Lead assigned projects with autonomy, curiosity, and accountability.
• Engage in BAU tasks that support smooth business operations.

Skills

SQL (SSMS/Snowflake)

Power BI/Tableau

Python/R

GitHub/GitLab

Data analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Query optimisation

Job description

Games Global is seeking a Data Scientist to power data-driven decision-making across the Central Intelligence Solutions team in Cape Town. You will develop analytical solutions, build predictive models, and create dashboards to drive business outcomes.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage data governance, and contribute to end-to-end data projects, applying statistical methods and modern ML techniques to gaming analytics.