Senior Financial Data Scientist — Remote

Placements24; South Africa; À distance; ZAR 900 000 - 1 500 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Fully remote work

Flexible hours

Health, dental, vision insurance

Retirement plan

Professional development budget

Conference budget

Résumé du poste

Placements24 in South Africa is looking for a Senior Data Scientist with a finance focus for a remote-first role. You will leverage advanced analytics, ML, and statistical modeling to build predictive models and drive data-driven strategies across the organization.

You will own end-to-end projects, design robust data pipelines, mentor junior data scientists, and communicate insights to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field required.
• 5+ years in data science with finance focus.
• Proven ML/modeling and experimental design experience.

Responsabilités

• Design and implement ML models for financial forecasting and risk detection.
• Analyze large datasets to uncover trends and insights.
• Collaborate with product, engineers, and stakeholders to translate requirements.
• Build and maintain data pipelines for training and deployment.
• Develop KPIs to measure model performance.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay current with data science advances and best practices.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to team growth.
• Shape the strategic direction of data science initiatives.

Connaissances

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data analysis

Communications

Project ownership

Formation

Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or related quantitative field

Outils

Python

SQL

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Spark

Description du poste

Placements24 in South Africa is looking for a Senior Data Scientist with a finance focus for a remote-first role. You will leverage advanced analytics, ML, and statistical modeling to build predictive models and drive data-driven strategies across the organization.

You will own end-to-end projects, design robust data pipelines, mentor junior data scientists, and communicate insights to non-technical stakeholders.