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Data Scientist
Cape Town, Western CapePOSITION: Data Scientist
LOCATION: Cape Town
Job Description:
We’re seeking a data scientist to deliver that insight to us and build a product that we can sell.
Our ideal team member will have the mathematical and statistical expertise you’d expect, but
a natural curiosity and creative mind that’s not so easy to find. As you mine, interpret, and clean
our data, we will rely on you to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover opportunities that lie
hidden within—all with the ultimate goal of realizing the data’s full potential in providing business
with information that helps them to make decisions.
Job Specification
LOCATION: Cape Town
Job Description:
We’re seeking a data scientist to deliver that insight to us and build a product that we can sell.
Our ideal team member will have the mathematical and statistical expertise you’d expect, but
a natural curiosity and creative mind that’s not so easy to find. As you mine, interpret, and clean
our data, we will rely on you to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover opportunities that lie
hidden within—all with the ultimate goal of realizing the data’s full potential in providing business
with information that helps them to make decisions.
Job Specification
- Collaborate with business to develop an understanding of analytical needs andinformation needed for making decisions
- Research and devise innovative statistical models for data analysis and implement analytics for meaningful insights • Keep current with technical and industry developments
- Execute analytical experiments methodically to help solve various problems and make a true impact across various domains and industries
- Devise and utilize algorithms and models to mine big data stores, perform data and error analysis to improve models
- Analyse data for trends and patterns, and Interpret data with a clear objective in mind
- Implement analytical models into production by collaborating with software
- developer
- Communicate analytic solutions to stakeholders and implement improvements as needed to operational systems
- Presenting information using data visualization techniques and Power BI
- Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed Job Skills
- Ideal candidate should have a degree in a quantitative field (e.g., mathematics, computer science, physics, economics, engineering, statistics, operations research, quantitative social science)
- Basic Knowledge on software development principles and architecture
- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests, and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
- Good analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to break down and understand complex business problems, define a solution and implement it using advanced quantitative methods
- Familiarity with programming for data analysis; ideally Python, SQL, R
- Solid oral and written communication skills, especially around analytical concepts, and methods
- Great work ethic and intellectual curiosity
- Knowledge of Cloud technologies such as Azure/AWS
- Knowledge of relational databases; ideally MSSQL
- Must be a team player with excellent communication and problem