Senior ML Data Scientist — Hybrid, Impactful Projects

Placements24; Soweto; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Hybrid work

Professional development

Cutting-edge projects

Job summary

Placements24 in Soweto is seeking a highly analytical Data Scientist with a strong focus on machine learning to extract actionable insights from complex datasets, build predictive models, and develop data-driven solutions that enhance business performance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for leveraging data and machine learning, contributing to strategic decision-making in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years as Data Scientist with ML focus.
• Proficiency in Python or R and ML libraries.
• Strong statistical modeling and experimental design.
• Experience with SQL and large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and deploy ML models addressing business challenges.
• Perform data mining and statistical analysis to uncover insights.
• Clean, preprocess, and transform large datasets for analysis and modeling.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to productionize models.
• Communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with advancements in ML, data science, and AI.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Statistical modeling

Experiment design

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Job description

Placements24 in Soweto is seeking a highly analytical Data Scientist with a strong focus on machine learning to extract actionable insights from complex datasets, build predictive models, and develop data-driven solutions that enhance business performance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for leveraging data and machine learning, contributing to strategic decision-making in a hybrid work environment.