Senior Data Scientist

Remuneration:	R1100000 – R1200000 per year
Location:	Johannesburg
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#GZ42233A
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

One of Africa’s largest entertainment businesses requires a senior data scientist with advanced technical skills. The opportunity will allow identifying opportunities to innovatively use data to provide strategic and operational insights to business. Identify new analytic trends/data needs and repeatable analytic solutions.
This is an environment focusing on technology as a means to deliver core services; they are invested and believe in technology as the answer to business problems and therefore your role becomes a vital part of that cycle.
It’s time to enhance your career and join a company that encourages free and innovative thinking in terms of development modules and work spans across platforms/technologies. The amount of exciting work that’s lined up is unbelievable! Apply now!
Requirements:

• A minimum of seven years of relevant data experience and experience building segmentation and propensity models
• Statistical, mathematical, predictive modelling, forecasting and business strategy skills
• Able to build the necessary algorithms to ask the right questions and find the right answers
• Able to communicate their findings, orally and visually
• Have an understanding of how the products are developed and the ethical responsibilities associated with big data and customer privacy implications
• Able to program in different programming languages e.g. Python, R, Java, Ruby, Clojure, Matlab, Pig or SQL.
• Experience with Machine Learning and AI is an added advantage
• Have an understanding of Hadoop, Hive and/or MapReduce etc.
• Proficiency working with visualisation tools e.g. R Shiny, Tableau etc.

  Responsibilities:

• Oversee the delivery of accurate and data
• Ensure effective data management approach that ensures the accuracy of data
• Build an effective corrective action mechanism on the analysed data and reports provided
• Follow the appropriate processes to ensure quick and correct action is taken in query resolution
• Anticipate and identify new analytic trends/data needs and repeatable analytic solutions
• Identify opportunities to innovatively use data to provide strategic and operational insights to business

  Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering or computer science

Reference number for this position is GZ42233A  which is a permanent position based in Randburg offering a cost to company salary of R1,2m pa negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on [email protected] or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Posted on 16 Feb 09:43