DATA SCIENTIST (HEC2175)

Recruiter:

Emporium Human Capital

Job Ref:

HEC2175

Date posted:

Monday, April 12, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Salary: R 750 000 to R 800 000 per annum

SUMMARY:
DATA SCIENTIST (HEC2175)

POSITION INFO:

DATA SCIENTIST (HEC2175)

Area: Sandton

Salary: R 750 000 to R 800 000 per annum

Work Experience:

A minimum of 4 years’ experience in data science related projects.

Experience with Python/Microsoft ML and tools available within the machine learning ecosystem (i.e., NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, SciPy stack) and working in Jupyter notebooks
Experience with SQL and working with large-scale data sets.

Knowledge and practical experience applying machine learning techniques.

Experience working in agile development teams.

Experience in operationalising data science solutions or similar product development.

Experience in a high-scale production environment is critical.

Job Purpose:

The Data Scientist will support the Data Science and Analytics team in creating and enabling data-driven measurement, insights, monitoring, and decision support. This individual will add value to business areas by providing insights, applying data science to inform and optimise decision making and build automated prescriptive analytics solutions that support various business functions and address healthcare challenges. The role requires involvement in the whole data science development process of gaining a business understanding, defining the problem, data cleansing and feature engineering, business modelling and simulation, hypothesis generation and testing, machine learning model training, testing and refinement and finally deployment and monitoring of predicted outcomes within the business solutions.

Closing Date: 12 May 2021

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