Senior Data Scientist - AI-Driven Customer & Risk Modeling

Ntt Data; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a data science professional to apply advanced analytics, ML and AI on Databricks. You will focus on feature engineering, model development, experimentation and decision science to deliver scalable analytical assets.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, build enterprise features for the Feature Store, and productionise models with ML Engineers in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Matric and a tertiary qualification.
• Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematical Statistics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Econometrics or related quantitative field.
• Masters or Doctorate will be an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Partner with PPB, Digital, Product and Risk teams to identify high-value opportunities.
• Design, train and optimise ML models using Databricks, MLflow and distributed compute.
• Develop customer propensity, next best action/product, value, retention and engagement models.

Skills

Databricks Notebooks

Databricks Feature Engineering

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Statistical Modelling

Predictive Analytics

Prescriptive Analytics

Generative AI

Data Visualization

Stakeholder Management

Education

Matric; tertiary qualification

Quantitative field (CS, Data Science, Eng, Stats, Actuarial, Math)

Masters/Doctorate advantageous

Tools

MLflow

Delta Lake

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a data science professional to apply advanced analytics, ML and AI on Databricks. You will focus on feature engineering, model development, experimentation and decision science to deliver scalable analytical assets.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, build enterprise features for the Feature Store, and productionise models with ML Engineers in a fast-paced environment.