Lead Data Scientist remote
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
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Job Summary
A company that operates a privacy-preserving data collaboration platform that lets different companies share consumer insights without ever exposing or trading actual customer data is seeking a Lead Data Scientist who will be second-in-command to the Head of Data Science combining senior technical leadership with hands-on delivery.
Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership: Act as deputy to the Head of Data Science; mentor team members support delivery management and potentially lead an Agile delivery squad.
Roadmap and Strategy: Own and prioritize the analytical roadmap establishing reusable assets and a coherent customer analytics journey.
End-to-End Analytics: Translate ambiguous business needs into decision-ready insights; present findings to senior stakeholders and defend evidence-based conclusions.
Production Engineering: Write maintainable testable production-grade Python using modern engineering best practices.
Data Lakehouse Architecture: Apply best practices around data grain provenance reconciliation and traceability across Delta Lake and Synapse environments.
AI-Augmented Workflows: Leverage Claude Code and agentic AI workflows across prototyping coding testing and documentation.
Multi-Party Analytics: Derive accurate insights from matched aggregated or imperfect datasets using weighted binning dependency measures and strict validation controls.
Minimum Requirements:
Experience: 7 years in Data Science/Analytics/Data Warehousing (with substantial recent DS experience) 2 years in technical/engineering leadership.
Education: Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline (or equivalent experience).
Machine Learning and AI: Senior-level expertise designing deploying monitoring and retraining production ML/AI models.
Core Python Stack: Advanced Python Jupyter pandas NumPy scikit-learn.
Data Engineering and Lakehouse: Delta Lake (or similar) PySpark feature stores data versioning Azure Synapse T-SQL/ANSI SQL.
Analytics and BI: Power BI and Python visualization tools.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal English with strong stakeholder management skills.
Desirable Experience
PySpark and distributed data processing
FastAPI and Kubernetes-based model serving
Automated testing with PyTest
Apache Ranger or data governance frameworks
C#.NET Angular or Electron development
Benefits:
Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)
IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move apply today by emailing your CV to
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