Data Scientist

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💎 Seniority level: Middle, 4+ years

📍 Location: South Africa

🔍 Industry: Fintech

🏢 Company: Mukuru👥 101-250 Mobile Payments Financial Services Payments Finance FinTech

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 4+ years

🪄 Skills: PythonSQLBusiness IntelligenceMachine LearningSnowflakeTableauAzureCollaborationData visualizationData modeling

Requirements:

Grade 12 or equivalent.
Qualification in a quantitative field (Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science) or relevant experience.
4+ years in an analytical role.
Proficiency in predictive model development and deployment.
Strong communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience in building machine learning models.
Knowledge of advanced analytics techniques and statistics.
Proficiency in programming languages (Python, R) and SQL.
Experience with report/dashboard development and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik).
Experience in Financial Services, Retail, or Technology industries.
Experience with cloud-based data analytics platforms (Snowflake, Azure, BigQuery, Redshift).

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with stakeholders across all levels to develop data-driven solutions.
Elicit business requirements and translate them into data modeling and analysis specifications.
Ensure high-quality data for analytics through profiling and validation.
Design, build, deploy, and maintain advanced analytical models.
Analyze data to extract insights and communicate findings to stakeholders.
Train users in interpreting model outcomes and results.
Take ownership of allocated tasks and communicate progress.
Incorporate MLOps best practices in model development.
Continuously upskill in data analytics, modeling, and AI.

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