Remote Data Scientist: Fraud & Risk Analytics

Placements24; Paarl; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Home office stipend

Health, dental and vision insurance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a talented Data Scientist to join a fully remote team in the financial services sector. You will extract actionable insights from complex datasets, build predictive models, and drive data-driven decisions with a distributed team of experts.

The role offers autonomy and collaboration, with opportunities to work on challenging problems and develop data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field.
• 4+ years of proven Data Scientist experience with a strong portfolio.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries like scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Expertise in statistics, ML algorithms and data mining techniques.
• Experience with SQL and cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ML models for fraud detection, risk assessment and customer segmentation.
• Analyze large datasets to identify patterns and insights aligned to business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into DS solutions.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.

Skills

Python/R

Machine Learning

SQL

Data mining

Cloud platforms

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science/Statistics/CS

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a talented Data Scientist to join a fully remote team in the financial services sector. You will extract actionable insights from complex datasets, build predictive models, and drive data-driven decisions with a distributed team of experts.

The role offers autonomy and collaboration, with opportunities to work on challenging problems and develop data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.