Remote Graduate Data Scientist: ML Focus

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a recent graduate to join a remote data science team as a Graduate Data Scientist. You will develop, train, and deploy machine learning models, analyze large datasets, and derive actionable insights.

You'll collaborate with product managers and engineers, design experiments, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences. The role emphasizes continuous learning, mentorship, and remote collaboration.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Data Science or quantitative field.
• Bachelor's with significant relevant experience considered.
• Strong ML theory and practical knowledge.
• Proficient in Python or R with ML libraries.
• SQL experience for data extraction.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Portfolio of data science projects desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and deploy ML models for various applications.
• Clean, transform, and analyze large datasets using statistical and ML techniques.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define project requirements and identify data sources.
• Design and implement experiments to test hypotheses and evaluate model performance.
• Create data visualizations and reports to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay up-to-date with latest ML/AI research and advancements.
• Contribute to data pipelines and MLOps practices.
• Perform feature engineering to improve model accuracy and efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and debug machine learning models and data processing workflows.
• Actively participate in code reviews and team discussions for quality deliverables.

Skills

Statistics

Machine learning

Analytics

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science

Bachelor's with significant relevant experience

Tools

Python

SQL

NumPy

Pandas

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a recent graduate to join a remote data science team as a Graduate Data Scientist. You will develop, train, and deploy machine learning models, analyze large datasets, and derive actionable insights.

You'll collaborate with product managers and engineers, design experiments, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences. The role emphasizes continuous learning, mentorship, and remote collaboration.