Senior Data Scientist II

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town seeks a data science specialist to evaluate and help maintain our data assets and training data sets, focusing on robust NLP-based information extraction solutions.

You will propose trade-offs of various algorithms, interface with technical teams to finalize requirements, and translate moderately complex product requirements into software designs, ensuring production-grade development processes and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Must have advanced degree in a relevant field (Masters).
• Experience with data assets management and NLP-based information extraction preferred.
• Ability to translate moderately complex product requirements into software designs.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and help maintain data assets and training/evaluation data sets.
• Develop and implement NLP-based information extraction solutions.
• Propose and identify trade-offs of various algorithmic solutions.
• Interface with other technical personnel to finalize requirements.
• Work with development teams to translate product requirements into software designs.
• Implement development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews for production environments.

Skills

NLP

Data assets management

Software design

Education

Master's Degree in Data Science / Computer Science / Statistics / ML or related field

Job description

• Masters Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Machine Learning or related field
• 3+ years of relevant work experience

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and help maintain our data assets and training/evaluation data sets
• Develop and implement NLP-based information extraction solutions
• Propose and identify trade-offs of various algorithmic solutions
• Interface with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements
• Work closely with other development team members to understand moderately complex product requirements and translate them into software designs
• Successfully implement development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews for production environments