Data Scientist

 

Recruiter:

Hutech Head Office

Job Ref:

PTA009276/LvdM

Date posted:

Friday, August 26, 2022

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

Salary:

R 80k – R 100+ k Per Month


SUMMARY:
A leading South African online retailer is looking for a highly talented Data Scientist to join their team in Cape Town.

This is an opportunity for a smart, creative, hard-working person with integrity to join a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company. They offer a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position:    Data Scientist
Industry:    Online Shopping
Sector:       Retail
Location:    Century City, Cape Town
Salary:        R 80k – R 100+ k Per Month

Introduction
A leading South African online retailer is looking for a highly talented Data Scientist to join their team in Cape Town.

This is an opportunity for a smart, creative, hard-working person with integrity to join a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company. They offer a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Your responsibilities will include:
  • Working on uplift modelling and forecasting key metrics.
  • Plan, prioritise and manage a roadmap of work that maximises value-add with limited time.
  • Develop solutions according to the roadmap using appropriate methods, depending on the problem.
  • Measure, report and continuously improve model performance.
  • Work closely with the Analytics team to brainstorm, identify opportunities and guide the roadmap.
  • Work closely with the BI team to produce consolidated, transformed data sets, where appropriate.
  • Work closely with the Software Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering teams to deploy and maintain relevant models in our production environment, ensuring Engineering best practices are adhered to.
  • Communicate opportunities and solutions effectively to relevant stakeholders, from Software Engineers to Business Executives.
  • Collaborate and share knowledge with the analytics teams across the company.
Attributes required:
  • Strong business acumen.
  • Proficient with advanced methods for regression, optimisation, classification, and unsupervised learning problems.
  • Proficient at modelling algorithms in either R or Python.
  • Proficient at gathering and wrangling big data sets from various sources including, SQL databases, Big Query, APIs, Excel/Google Sheets.
  • Good communications skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
  • Eager to learn and stay up to date with industry trends.
  • Creative problem-solving skills.
  • Strong prioritization skills.
  • Ability to build good practical solutions quickly with iteration rather than big-bang perfect solutions.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Science or similar.
  • Master’s Degree in Data Science, Advanced Analytics or similar highly beneficial.
  • 3-5 years’ experience in Data Science or Analytics roles.
  • Experience deploying models into production environments is beneficial.
  • Experience in Retail industry is beneficial.
  • Experience in Marketing analytics is beneficial.
The Environment: 
  • Employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
  • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
  • We are short on ego and high on output. 
  • We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all. 
  • We love what we do and what we are creating. 
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who: 
  • is forthright but respectful.
  • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute.
  • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions. 
  • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours. 
  • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience.
  • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster. 
  • is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input. 
  • is curious and challenge the status quo. 
  • is innovative and enjoys iteration. 
  • is collaborative.
  • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts. 
  • thinks like an owner of the business. 
  • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING. 
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

To apply please send your CV to:

Closing date: 12 September 2022

Should you not hear from us within 14 days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Contact:
Nick Els
Technical Recruitment
E-mail:  
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