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Lead Data Scientist

Johannesburg, South AfricaFound today
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Our client is seeking a highly experienced Lead Data Scientist to drive advanced data science initiatives within a remote, permanent environment. This role is suited to a senior data science professional who combines strong technical capability with proven leadership and the ability to deliver production-ready AI and machine learning solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development and deployment of machine learning and AI solutions in production environments.
  • Apply advanced statistical modelling and data science techniques to complex business challenges.
  • Build, monitor, maintain and retrain production machine learning models.
  • Lead or contribute to Agile delivery squads within the Platform organisation.
  • Mentor data scientists and provide technical and engineering leadership.
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders to communicate technical concepts and delivery outcomes.
  • Develop robust data pipelines, features and training datasets using modern lakehouse architectures.
  • Produce meaningful analytics and visualisations to support business decision-making.

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years' experience across data science, data analytics or data warehousing, with substantial recent data science experience.
  • At least 2 years' experience in a technical or engineering leadership role.
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline or equivalent professional experience.
  • Advanced Python skills with strong experience in Jupyter Notebooks, pandas, NumPy and scikit-learn.
  • Experience with Delta Lake or comparable lakehouse architectures.
  • Strong experience with PySpark, feature stores, training-data versioning and schema evolution.
  • Strong data warehouse experience, including Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL, T-SQL and/or ANSI SQL.
  • Proficiency in Power BI and Python-based visualisation or interactive analysis tools.
  • Demonstrated experience deploying and operating machine learning models in production.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

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Desired Skills:

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  • Excellent written
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