Senior Data Scientist — Remote R&D Analytics Leader

Placements24; Randburg; Híbrido; ZAR 900 000 - 1 600 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Remote work

Competitive salary

Professional development budget

Cutting-edge tools

Resumo da oferta

Placements24 seeks an experienced Senior Data Scientist to bolster R&D analytics with advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and data mining. This fully remote role offers flexibility and the opportunity to drive innovation from anywhere in South Africa.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to identify trends, predict outcomes, design experiments, and deliver actionable insights that influence experimental design and decision-making across projects.

Qualificações

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years of professional data science experience.
• Proficiency in Python or R and SQL.
• Strong ML, statistical modeling, and data visualization skills.
• Ability to work autonomously in a remote environment.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and deploy predictive models and ML algorithms on R&D data.
• Design experiments and A/B tests to validate hypotheses.
• Clean, transform, and integrate data for analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet data needs.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Conhecimentos

Python

R

SQL

ML algorithms

Statistical modeling

Data visualization

Formação académica

PhD or Master’s in Statistics/CS/Data Science/Math

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Placements24 seeks an experienced Senior Data Scientist to bolster R&D analytics with advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and data mining. This fully remote role offers flexibility and the opportunity to drive innovation from anywhere in South Africa.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to identify trends, predict outcomes, design experiments, and deliver actionable insights that influence experimental design and decision-making across projects.