Senior Data Scientist — Predictive Analytics

Placements24; Pretoria; Sur place; ZAR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Bonus

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Learning opportunities

Career advancement

Résumé du poste

Placements24 in Pretoria, South Africa, seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead predictive analytics projects using large datasets. You will translate business challenges into data-driven solutions and manage the end-to-end data science lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in data science, strong Python/R, ML, SQL, and excellent communication to present insights to stakeholders. This role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field with strong statistical foundation.
• 5+ years hands-on data science experience with predictive modeling.
• Proficient in Python or R and ML libraries (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn).

Responsabilités

• Develop and deploy advanced statistical and ML models for analytics and forecasting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business problems into data solutions.
• Clean and explore large datasets, perform feature engineering, and run experiments.
• Design and run A/B tests to validate model impact on business metrics.
• Build data pipelines and mentor junior data scientists.

Connaissances

Python

R

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data analysis

Communication skills

Formation

Master's or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or related field

Outils

pandas

NumPy

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Tableau/Matplotlib/Seaborn

Description du poste

Placements24 in Pretoria, South Africa, seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead predictive analytics projects using large datasets. You will translate business challenges into data-driven solutions and manage the end-to-end data science lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in data science, strong Python/R, ML, SQL, and excellent communication to present insights to stakeholders. This role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a