Lead Data Scientist
Johannesburg - South Africa
Job Summary
Our client is seeking an accomplished Lead Data Scientist to provide senior technical leadership while remaining hands-on across data science machine learning analytics and AI-driven solutions. This is a key role for a data professional who can translate complex business challenges into actionable insights while helping shape the technical direction of the Data Science function.
Requirements:
- 7 years experience across Data Science Data Analytics or Data Warehousing with substantial recent Data Science experience.
- 2 years experience in a technical or engineering leadership capacity.
- Strong production experience across machine learning statistical modelling and AI system design including model deployment monitoring and retraining.
- Advanced Python skills with strong experience in Jupyter pandas NumPy and scikit-learn.
- Experience with Delta Lake or comparable lakehouse architectures.
- Strong PySpark and distributed data-processing experience.
- Strong Azure Synapse Analytics Azure SQL T-SQL and/or ANSI SQL experience.
- Strong Power BI and Python-based data visualisation experience.
- Proven ability to mentor technical teams and communicate with senior stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline or equivalent professional experience.
Should you meet the requirements for this position please email your updated CV attached to alternatively contact or visit our website . Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days please consider your application unsuccessful.
Required Experience:
Senior IC