Data Scientist

A specialist artificial intelligence consultancy and strategic technology partner supporting organisations in realising tangible value from AI initiatives. Collaborating with prominent enterprises, including tier-one financial institutions, the team conceptualises and delivers robust, business-focused AI capabilities. They are looking to appoint a skilled Data Scientist to join their practice. This position involves working in a financial services setting, applying sophisticated analytical approaches and machine learning methods to extract insights and build production-ready AI application

Responsibilities:

• Dive deep into complex datasets, uncovering patterns and transforming raw data into analysis-ready insights.
• Design, build, and fine-tune high-impact machine learning models that tackle real-world business problems.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, turning ambiguous questions into clear, data-driven strategies.
• Work hand-in-hand with data and ML engineers to scale models from prototype to production-ready solutions.
• Tell compelling data stories, translating technical results into clear, actionable insights for any audience.
• Fuel innovation through experimentation, rapid prototyping, and continuous improvement of AI-powered solutions.

Qualifications and experience:

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience as a data scientist (or in a closely related role), delivering real-world impact.
• Strong Python expertise, with practical experience across the modern data science stack—Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and beyond.
• Deep grounding in statistics, data analysis, and feature engineering, with the ability to turn theory into production-ready solutions.
• Confident working with data at scale, using SQL across both structured and unstructured datasets.
• Essential: Proven experience with AWS, including services such as S3, SageMaker, Lambda, EC2, Glue, and Redshift.
• Business-first mindset, able to frame ambiguous problems and deliver insights that drive measurable outcomes.
• Experience in banking or financial services is a plus, but curiosity and impact matter more than industry background.

The reference number for this position is NG60803 which is a contract position in Johannesburg/Cape Town offering a contract rate of up to R750 per hour, salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 27 Jan 10:12, Closing date 27 Mar