Senior Data Scientist — ML, Experiments & Stakeholder Impact

Placements24; Soweto; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical & retirement benefits

Professional development

Collaborative environment in Soweto

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly analytical Senior Data Scientist to join their team in Soweto. You will develop predictive models, design experiments, and translate complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders.

You will work on challenging data initiatives, collaborate with engineering to deploy models, and stay ahead of the latest ML and AI developments to influence business strategy.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as Statistics, CS, or Mathematics.
• 5+ years of professional data science or ML experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python or R with relevant libraries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced statistical models and ML algorithms to solve business problems.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
• Design and conduct A/B tests and experiments to evaluate new features or strategies.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with engineering to deploy models into production systems.
• Stay updated on the latest developments in data science and AI.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

A/B testing

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics/CS/Mathematics

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly analytical Senior Data Scientist to join their team in Soweto. You will develop predictive models, design experiments, and translate complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders.

You will work on challenging data initiatives, collaborate with engineering to deploy models, and stay ahead of the latest ML and AI developments to influence business strategy.