Remote Graduate Data Scientist - South Africa

Placements24; Paarl; Remote; ZAR 360,000 - 560,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position

Competitive salary

Remote work allowance

Mentorship from senior data scientists

Access to advanced tools

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly motivated Remote Graduate Data Scientist in South Africa. You will develop and deploy ML models, analyze large datasets, and extract insights to drive business decisions in a fully remote setup.

The role suits recent graduates with strong quantitative skills, programming experience in Python or R, and a passion for uncovering data patterns. Collaborative, distributed team, remote work flexibility, and career growth await.

Qualifications

• University degree in a quantitative field and strong academic performance.
• Proficiency in Python or R with data processing libraries.
• Experience querying databases with SQL.
• Familiarity with big data technologies is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement machine learning models and algorithms.
• Collect, clean, and preprocess large datasets.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to identify trends and patterns.
• Develop data visualizations to communicate findings.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into data problems.
• Build predictive models and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Evaluate and refine model performance for accuracy and efficiency.
• Stay current with advancements in data science and AI.
• Document methodologies and results thoroughly.
• Contribute to data infrastructure and pipelines.

Skills

Python

R

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Data Visualization

Education

Master's degree or Bachelor's with honors in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly motivated Remote Graduate Data Scientist in South Africa. You will develop and deploy ML models, analyze large datasets, and extract insights to drive business decisions in a fully remote setup.

The role suits recent graduates with strong quantitative skills, programming experience in Python or R, and a passion for uncovering data patterns. Collaborative, distributed team, remote work flexibility, and career growth await.