Remote Lead Data Scientist — Financial Analytics & ML

Placements24; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Competitive salary

Professional development allowances

Paid time off

Remote work stipends

Health/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Remote Lead Data Scientist to spearhead financial analytics initiatives. You will lead a team, develop predictive models and drive data-informed decision-making across the organization from a fully remote setting.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, design robust data pipelines, and ensure data quality and ethical data usage. A Master’s/PhD and 8+ years of experience are required.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field with strong research experience.
• 8+ years in data science with emphasis on finance analytics and ML.
• Proficiency in Python or R with ML libraries and production deployment.
• Strong SQL and big data tech experience (Spark/Hadoop).
• Leadership, mentoring, and remote team management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and deployment of ML models for financial forecasting and risk.
• Design data pipelines for extraction, transformation and loading.
• Perform in-depth statistical analysis and data mining on financial data.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate needs into data science solutions.
• Mentor junior data scientists and communicate findings to diverse audiences.
• Stay current with advances in data science and ML techniques.
• Ensure data quality, governance and ethical data usage across projects.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

ML & analytics

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Remote Lead Data Scientist to spearhead financial analytics initiatives. You will lead a team, develop predictive models and drive data-informed decision-making across the organization from a fully remote setting.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, design robust data pipelines, and ensure data quality and ethical data usage. A Master’s/PhD and 8+ years of experience are required.