Senior ML Data Scientist - Finance (Remote)

Placements24; Randburg; Híbrido; ZAR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Fully remote work arrangement

Flexible hours

Health and wellness benefits

Annual leave and paid time off

Budget for professional development

Bonus program

Resumo da oferta

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist in South Africa to design, develop, and deploy advanced ML models for financial tech applications from a fully remote setup. You will mentor juniors, collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders, and stay ahead of AI advances to translate insights into business value.

The role requires 5–7 years of ML-focused experience, strong programming skills in Python or R, and expertise with cloud platforms and big data tools.

Qualificações

• 5-7 years of professional data science experience with a focus on machine learning
• Strong knowledge of ML algorithms and statistical modeling
• Proficiency in Python or R and ML libraries
• Experience with big data tools and cloud platforms
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Responsabilidades

• Design and deploy ML models for fraud detection, credit scoring, algorithmic trading, and customer segmentation
• Clean and analyze large, complex datasets from multiple sources
• Perform EDA to identify trends and insights
• Evaluate models using appropriate metrics and refine them
• Collaborate with data engineers to deploy models to production and monitor performance
• Stay updated on ML/AI advances and communicate findings clearly
• Mentor junior data scientists and foster a data-driven culture
• Identify new opportunities to apply data science to business problems

Conhecimentos

Machine learning expertise

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Formação académica

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Ferramentas

Python

R

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Pandas

Spark

AWS

Azure

GCP

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist in South Africa to design, develop, and deploy advanced ML models for financial tech applications from a fully remote setup. You will mentor juniors, collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders, and stay ahead of AI advances to translate insights into business value.

The role requires 5–7 years of ML-focused experience, strong programming skills in Python or R, and expertise with cloud platforms and big data tools.