Senior Data Scientist - FinTech Innovation (Hybrid + Equity)

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan with company match

Professional development and training

Stock options or equity participation

Modern Pretoria office with data-rich環

Job summary

Placements24 invites applications for a Senior Data Scientist to join a Pretoria FinTech analytics team. You will lead advanced modeling, handle large financial datasets, and translate data into business value across product platforms.

You will mentor peers, design experiments, deploy predictive models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive data-driven decisions in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field.
• 5-7+ years of data science/analytical experience, preferably in financial services or FinTech.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries like scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, pandas, NumPy.
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling, ML techniques, and experimental design.
• Experience with Spark/Hadoop and SQL; familiarity with AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy advanced statistical models and ML algorithms for finance.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends and actionable insights.
• Build and deploy predictive models for customer behavior, risk, fraud, and forecasting.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to integrate DS solutions.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines ensuring data quality and accessibility.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay updated with DS/AI advancements and apply as appropriate.
• Mentor junior data scientists and share best practices.
• Design and conduct A/B tests to measure feature impact.
• Create dashboards/visualizations to monitor KPIs and model performance.
• Ensure ethical data handling and regulatory compliance.

Skills

ML expertise

Statistical modeling

Communication

Problem solving

Team mentoring

Experiment design

Education

Master's/PhD in CS/Statistics/Math/Economics

Tools

Python

R

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

pandas

NumPy

Spark

Hadoop

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Placements24 invites applications for a Senior Data Scientist to join a Pretoria FinTech analytics team. You will lead advanced modeling, handle large financial datasets, and translate data into business value across product platforms.

You will mentor peers, design experiments, deploy predictive models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive data-driven decisions in a hybrid work setting.