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Data Scientist
Remuneration: | basic salary |
Location: | Johannesburg |
Education level: | Diploma |
Job level: | Mid/Senior |
Type: | Permanent |
Reference: | #NG60581 |
Company: | e-Merge IT Recruitment |
Responsibilities:
- Lead modelling lifecycle from problem framing to post-deployment monitoring.
- Manage and mentor two junior data scientists.
- Collaborate with external consultants when necessary.
- Train, deploy, and track statistical and machine learning models.
- Deliver practical insights and models aligned with long-term business goals.
- Drive automation and integration of models within business systems.
- Maintain high standards in code, documentation, and reproducibility.
- Data cleaning and pre-processing (Size, data distribution, imputation, removing outliers, etc)
- Ability to do feature engineering towards specific predictable targets (Not just including raw data)
- Experience in correctly applying model performance approaches in the context of the training approaches taken (Classification Models, Confusion Metrix, etc)
Qualifications and experience:
- A degree in either engineering, data science, statistics, computer science, or any other quantitative field
- 3 years’ experience in a data science role
- Advanced ML in fintech
- Natural language processing
- Financial modelling / VaR models
- Advanced statistical/machine learning with applications in the financial technology sector.
- Natural language processing.
- Demonstrated ability to implement dimensional modelling methods (SCD, Fact Tables, Schemas, etc)
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure and data principles. Project management experience
The reference number for this position is NG60581 which is a permanent Hybrid position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R500k up to R800k CTC salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right people with the right companies, in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge IT website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.
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Posted on 10 Jun 14:11, Closing date 9 Aug
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