Data Scientist
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Job Location:
George - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Duties & Responsibilities
ENVIRONMENT:
Our client is on the hunt for a Data Scientist who can make machines think smarter than humans. Based in George where your models run fast and the coffee runs faster youll join a team thats redefining how data drives business. Theyre not here to build pretty dashboards theyre here to solve real problems with machine learning that drives smarter decisions cuts costs and fuels innovation. If you can turn messy data into powerful production-ready models (no handholding required) this might just be your next great adventure.
DUTIES:
- Prepping cleaning & shaping raw data into machine-learning gold
- Finding hidden patterns no one else sees
- Building validating & deploying ML models into production
- Keeping an eagle eye on model performance (and spotting drift before it drifts too far)
- Retraining and upgrading models so they stay sharp
- Designing intuitive dashboards & tools that make complex results look effortless
REQUIREMENTS:
- Have a Degree or Honours in Data Science or Actuarial Science.
- Have 3 years in insurance or financial services (short-term insurance bonus points).
- Have 3 years taking ML projects from raw data to deployment.
- Can wrangle Python or R SQL or Snowflake like a pro.
- Have hands-on claims modelling survival analysis & statistical modelling chops.
- Understand time series forecasting like the back of your hand.
- Are curious independent and allergic to good enough.
Extra street cred for:
- Experience with ML platforms
- Power BI Qlik Sense Tableau wizardry
While we would really like to respond to every application should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
COMMENTS:
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Desired Experience & Qualification
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
