Data Scientist | On-site | George, Western Cape
Core
Shape business strategy, pricing, and customer outcomes by applying data science and actuarial thinking to turn data into decisions.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (actuarial intersection)
Builds
Production-ready ML models, dashboards, and reporting tools for business strategy and pricing
Domain
Insurance/Actuarial + Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Machine learning lifecycle ownership, data cleaning and feature engineering, exploratory data analysis, model validation and monitoring, drift detection, model retraining, stakeholder communication, documentation
Preferred skills
Actuarial modeling knowledge, business strategy alignment
Technologies
(none explicitly stated)
Responsibilities
Prepare and transform data for machine learning; conduct exploratory analysis to guide model design; build, test, and deploy ML models; collaborate with actuarial teams to align assumptions; validate models for performance and accuracy; monitor live models for drift; maintain and retrain models; create documentation for models and pipelines; develop dashboards to track KPIs; communicate insights to stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC