Senior Data Scientist - NLP

Placements24; Rustenburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus structure

Professional development

Health insurance

Cutting-edge NLP projects

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (NLP) in Rustenburg to unlock insights from unstructured text, build advanced NLP models, and deploy solutions across the business. You will handle large text datasets, design experiments, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate NLP into client-facing and internal tools.

The role demands a strong background in NLP, ML, and statistics, with proficiency in Python and the associated data science libraries.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Linguistics, or a related field.
• Demonstrable NLP experience with NLTK, spaCy, Transformers (Hugging Face).
• Proficiency in Python and libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn.
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and experimental design.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy advanced NLP models for text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and QA.
• Clean, transform, and analyze large unstructured text datasets.
• Design and run experiments to validate models and hypotheses.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate NLP into client apps and internal tools.
• Communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders with clear visuals.

Skills

NLP

Text analytics

Statistical modeling

Experimental design

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science/CS/Statistics/Linguistics

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Transformers (Hugging Face)

Python

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

Job description

About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly analytical and innovative Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to join their expanding team in Rustenburg . This role is critical for unlocking insights from unstructured text data, developing intelligent applications, and driving data-informed decision-making across the organization. You will work with complex datasets, applying advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to solve challenging business problems. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to impactful projects and grow your career in a supportive and technologically advanced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) models for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and question answering.
• Clean, transform, and analyze large, complex datasets of unstructured text data.
• Design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses and validate models.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate NLP capabilities into client-facing applications and internal tools.
• Communicate findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through clear visualizations and presentations.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Linguistics, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience in applying NLP techniques and building models using libraries like NLTK, spaCy, Transformers (Hugging Face).
• Proficiency in Python and experience with data science libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn.
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and experimental design.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with experience presenting complex findings.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus structure.
• Opportunities for professional development and attending industry conferences.
• Comprehensive health insurance and other employee benefits.
• Work on cutting-edge NLP projects in Rustenburg .
• A dynamic and collaborative team culture that encourages innovation.