Senior Data Scientist - Remote ML Leader

Placements24; Upington; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Remote work

Home office stipend

Conference/advanced training support

Job summary

Placements24 in a fully remote setup seeks a Senior Data Scientist to design, develop, and deploy ML models for global clients. You will work with large datasets, validate models, and contribute to scalable data-driven products from anywhere.

The ideal candidate has 5-7 years of data science experience, a strong quantitative background, and expertise in Python or R with modern ML libraries. Strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field.
• 5-7 years of professional data science experience.
• Proven ML model development and deployment experience.
• Proficiency in Python or R with ML libraries.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy ML models for business challenges.
• Transform and explore large datasets from multiple sources.
• Conduct statistical analysis and hypothesis testing to validate models.
• Build data pipelines for training and deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to integrate ML into production.

Skills

ML Expertise

Python

R

Statistical Modeling

Data Mining

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Stats/Math/Physics

Tools

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Placements24 in a fully remote setup seeks a Senior Data Scientist to design, develop, and deploy ML models for global clients. You will work with large datasets, validate models, and contribute to scalable data-driven products from anywhere.

The ideal candidate has 5-7 years of data science experience, a strong quantitative background, and expertise in Python or R with modern ML libraries. Strong communication skills are essential.