Senior Data Scientist – Remote FinTech, Risk & AI

Placements24; Welkom; Hybrid; ZAR 1,990,000 - 2,986,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Remote-first culture

Flexible hours

Professional development budget

PTO

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a fully remote role focused on finance and cutting-edge analytics. You will leverage ML, big data, and statistical modeling to build predictive systems for risk, fraud, and trading strategies.

Join a distributed team of engineers and financial experts, shaping innovative financial products and services. You’ll mentor peers and influence data-driven decision making from anywhere in the world.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's in a quantitative field (e.g., CS, statistics, math, physics).
• 5+ years hands-on data science experience with financial applications.
• Strong knowledge of ML algorithms and statistical modeling.
• Proficiency in Python or R with relevant libraries (scikit-learn, Pandas).
• Experience with big data technologies (Spark/Hadoop) and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy ML models for forecasting, risk, fraud, and trading strategies.
• Analyze large financial datasets to identify trends and insights.
• Develop data mining strategies to optimize operations and product performance.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and quant teams to translate needs into solutions.
• Build robust data pipelines and ensure data quality for analysis.
• Communicate findings clearly via visualizations and presentations.
• Stay updated with advancements in data science and AI.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to team growth.
• Develop and implement A/B testing frameworks for model evaluation.
• Contribute to architecture and design of data infrastructure.

Skills

Machine learning

Python

R

Big data

Finance domain

Education

PhD or MS

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Pandas

Spark/Hadoop

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a fully remote role focused on finance and cutting-edge analytics. You will leverage ML, big data, and statistical modeling to build predictive systems for risk, fraud, and trading strategies.

Join a distributed team of engineers and financial experts, shaping innovative financial products and services. You’ll mentor peers and influence data-driven decision making from anywhere in the world.