SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST â Join SAâs leading health insurer and own ML systems built on large-scale healthcare data to drive business decisions â Cape Town (hybrid), R850K-R1M PA
SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST â Join SAâs leading health insurer and own ML systems built on large-scale healthcare data to drive business decisions â Cape Town (hybrid), R850K-R1M PA
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Job Description
Job Description
This is a high-impact opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to build and deploy production-grade machine learning solutions that influence critical decisions across one of South Africas largest healthcare insurers.
This Senior Data Scientist role is based in Cape Town (hybrid) paying between R850K-R1M per annum.
THE COMPANY:
One of South Africas leading health insurance companies this business delivers large-scale healthcare solutions by combining clinical insight with data-driven innovation. With a strong focus on preventative care and measurable outcomes their platform supports millions of users through personalised tools and services that make health management simpler more accessible and more effective.
Backed by a major financial services group they bring together deep insurance expertise and clinical capability to build scalable solutions that reduce risk improve care and enable smarter decision-making across the healthcare ecosystem.
THE ROLE:
Youll take full ownership of the design and deployment of predictive and prescriptive models that drive decision-making across the business. From risk scoring and operational efficiency to fraud detection and customer behaviour analysis youll work across a wide range of high-impact use cases.
This is a hands-on role where you will manage the full data science lifecycle. Youll be responsible for data preparation feature engineering model training and deployment into AWS production environments. Youll work closely with business stakeholders to understand their challenges and deliver solutions that are practical scalable and measurable.
THE REQUIREMENTS:
Postgraduate degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics Mathematics Engineering or Computer Science
4 years of experience in data science including at least 3 years in software or cloud development
Extensive experience with at least one programming language (e.g. Python) business analytics software (e.g. SAS) statistical package (e.g. R).
Experience working with big data platforms and building scalable data solutions
Solid understanding of AWS
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
