Remote Senior Data Scientist - Financial Analytics Leader

Placements24; Bloemfontein; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary

Substantial performance-based bonuses

Comprehensive health, dental, vision

Budget for professional development

Fully remote work environment

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Remote Senior Data Scientist to lead advanced financial analytics initiatives, leveraging ML, statistical modelling and big data technologies to uncover patterns and drive strategic decisions within finance. This role is fully remote with responsibilities spanning conception to deployment.

You will guide data science projects end-to-end, mentor junior scientists, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to deploy production-ready models.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master's in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in data science with a focus on financial analytics and machine learning.
• Proficiency in Python or R and experience with ML libraries (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Strong experience with big data tech (Spark, Hadoop) and SQL database querying.
• Experience deploying and maintaining ML models in production environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills for a remote role.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement advanced ML algorithms and statistical models for financial forecasting, risk assessment, and fraud detection.
• Analyze large, complex datasets to extract actionable insights and identify trends in financial markets and customer behavior.
• Lead end-to-end data science projects, including data acquisition, cleaning, feature engineering, model training, validation, and deployment.
• Mentor and guide a team of data scientists, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Communicate complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders through visualizations and presentations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to build and maintain scalable data pipelines and production-ready models.
• Stay current with the latest advancements in data science, ML, and financial technology.

Skills

Python

R

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Data Visualization

Problem Solving

Education

Ph.D. or Master's in a quantitative field

Tools

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Spark

Hadoop

SQL

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Remote Senior Data Scientist to lead advanced financial analytics initiatives, leveraging ML, statistical modelling and big data technologies to uncover patterns and drive strategic decisions within finance. This role is fully remote with responsibilities spanning conception to deployment.

You will guide data science projects end-to-end, mentor junior scientists, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to deploy production-ready models.