Senior Data Scientist - Insurance Analytics (Remote)

Placements24; Bloemfontein; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement savings plan

Generous paid time off

Home office stipend

Professional development opportunities

Regular virtual team events

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join a fully remote analytics team focused on pricing, risk, and customer insights in the insurance sector. The role emphasizes advanced ML modeling, data mining, and scalable data pipelines across diverse data sources.

You will mentor junior data scientists, work with stakeholders to translate business questions into data-driven solutions, and stay current with ML and AI innovations. International remote collaboration is expected.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in CS, stats, math, or related quantitative field.
• 6+ years hands-on data science with ML and statistics.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Strong SQL skills and handling large datasets.
• Experience with Spark or Hadoop is a plus.
• Insurance domain experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy ML models for predictive analytics, risk scoring, fraud detection, and customer segmentation.
• Extract, clean, and transform large datasets for analysis.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to uncover insights and drivers of outcomes.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate needs into data science solutions.
• Communicate results clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay current with advances in data science, ML, and AI.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to team growth.
• Evaluate and implement new tools to enhance capabilities.
• Ensure ethical and responsible use of data in projects.

Skills

Python

R

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Data visualization

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science/Statistics/Mathematics

Ph.D. in a related quantitative field

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join a fully remote analytics team focused on pricing, risk, and customer insights in the insurance sector. The role emphasizes advanced ML modeling, data mining, and scalable data pipelines across diverse data sources.

You will mentor junior data scientists, work with stakeholders to translate business questions into data-driven solutions, and stay current with ML and AI innovations. International remote collaboration is expected.