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Data Scientist

Location:Johannesburg
Remote work:Some remote work allowed
Type:Permanent
Reference:#NG58496
Company:E-Merge IT Recruitment


A publicly listed organisation well known for its excellent service delivery, diverse company offerings, and customer focused services at the core of its business is currently on a quest to upgrade their technology environment in this pursuit they are in need of a passionate data scientist ready to design, prototype, and build next-generation analytic engines and services by applying strong expertise in machine learning, data mining and conducting information retrieval within a new environment.

Job requirements:
  • Understand and interpret business requirements and translate them into analytical reporting solutions.
  • Develop actuarial / statistical models to enable data driven decision making.
  • Identify appropriate models / algorithms to mine large datasets and develop rich insights into member behaviour.
  • Employ advanced data analytics and machine learning techniques to detect fraudulent activity.
  • Identify key trends and interact with business to understand the impact of these trends and identify possible courses of action to mitigate / take advantage of the trends identified.
  • A solid understanding of relational databases and data flows between systems.
  • Ability to create dashboards, reports and data visualisation.
Qualification and experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or similar
  • Five + years’ experience in a data science role
  • Machine learning experience across multiple projects/ doing different types of projects / working on out-of-the ordinary problems
  • History of end-to-end project involvement
  • Proven history of innovation, delivering and problem solving
  • Strong Python experience
  • Short-term insurance/financial experience beneficial
  • AWS experience beneficial
  • SAS experience is beneficial
The reference number for this position is NG58496 which is a permanent remote position based in Johannesburg offering a cost to company from R600,000 up to R800,000 per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at az.oc.egreme@galuhtukon or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the E-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.

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Posted on 13 May 10:43, Closing date 12 Jul

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Nokuthula Gumbo
nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za
011463363

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