Remote Senior Data Scientist — Financial Modeling

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 1,100,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work environment

Competitive salary + bonus program

Health insurance

Professional development budget

Access to cutting-edge technology

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with a specialization in Financial Modeling for a remote-first analytics team. You will build predictive models, optimize financial strategies, and drive data-driven decisions in the banking/finance sector.

You will work with Python/R, SQL, and big data tools, collaborating across functions to tackle complex business challenges in a distributed organization.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years of data science experience with finance focus.
• Proficiency in Python or R and ML libraries.
• Strong SQL and big data stack experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and deploy ML models for financial forecasting and risk.
• Extract, clean, and transform large datasets for analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define problems and data needs.
• Design and run A/B tests to evaluate model effectiveness.
• Stay updated on DS/ML and financial modeling advances.
• Present findings clearly to both technical and non-technical teams.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Big Data

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science/CS/Statistics/Math

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with a specialization in Financial Modeling for a remote-first analytics team. You will build predictive models, optimize financial strategies, and drive data-driven decisions in the banking/finance sector.

You will work with Python/R, SQL, and big data tools, collaborating across functions to tackle complex business challenges in a distributed organization.