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Data Scientist (Marketing and Natural Language Processing)
Location: Pretoria - Gauteng
Type: Permanent Contract
Salary: Market related
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Chief Digital Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for the application of data science and advanced quantitative methods, which include machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics to enable key strategic, tactical, and operational use-cases within the domain of marketing, communications, strategy, and Natural Language Processing - as per the company Digital Strategic Framework. Responsible for the end-to-end data Lifecycle from strategic planning, data collection, through monitoring, evaluation, and incremental improvement.
Responsibilities:
Support the Chief Digital Officer and Senior Data Architect using a variety of state-of-the-art cloud-based technologies to solve data analysis and prediction problems.
Identify and act on new opportunities for data driven business in data science and analytics.
Recognise when existing solutions can be generalised to solve new problems and address new data-as-a-service verticals.
Work in a collaborative environment developing data science methods, tools, and algorithms to solve problems.
Become fluent in analytical modelling using the company's internal data modelling platforms and tools.
Continuously learn and apply the latest and fit-for-purpose, open-source and proprietary tools and technologies to achieve results, including some or all the following:
Cloud: Microsoft Azure (must), AWS, Google Cloud
Big Data: MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra
Machine Learning: Kubeflow, TensorFlow, PyTorch
Business Intelligence/Analytics and visualisation: Microsoft PowerBI (must), Microsoft Excel (must), Google Analytics (must), Adobe Analytics (must), Google Charts
NLTK (must): TextBlob, SpaCy, CoreNLP, Datorama (advantage)
Languages: Python (must), R (must), SQL (must)
Conversational AI: Dialogflow, Teneo Bot Framework / Bot Builder SDK (ideal), Watson Assistant
Associated tools and technologies as they become available, and the platform evolves.
Load and merge data originating from diverse sources.
Perform data cleansing and quality management.
Pre-process and Transform data for model building and analysis.
Troubleshoot data quality issues and work with team members to reach solutions.
Perform descriptive analytics to discover trends and patterns in the data.
Create visualizations, including dashboards to provide insights on large data sets and input to finished reports.
Develop predictive models for business solutions.
Deploy predictive and other models to production.
Build and train NLP models.
Analyse output products to assure data quality and conformance to requirements.
Develop technical specifications for 3rd party platform data integration and streaming.
Participate in continuous improvement efforts to increase available data quality and speed of delivery.
Address ad-hoc domain-specific data analytic requirements from domain or cluster leaders; and continuously deliver user-centric data visualisations, publications, and products.
Minimum Requirements:
Honours Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Econometrics, Actuarial Science or equivalent experience.
Masters in Statistics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Econometrics, an advantage.
3+ years of data science and analysis experience.
Proficient in Python and database technologies.
Valid Driver's License.
Personal Attributes:
Strong project management and organizational skills.
Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
Database configuration and management.
Data visualisation.
Data analysis.
Predictive analytics.
Agile.
Exposure to financial services and/or fast retail/FMCG.
Business acumen.
Should you not hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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