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Senior Data Scientist

Johannesburg, Gauteng💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-08 → 2026-08-11

Core

Senior Data Scientist delivering production-ready AI/ML solutions and automated decisioning (recommendation, propensity, fraud, forecasting) within the Banking/FinTech sector.

Role type

Senior IC Data Scientist (AI/ML & Data Engineering)

Builds

Production AI/ML models, automated decisioning systems, and data engineering pipelines for financial services.

Domain

Banking, FinTech, Financial Services

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SAS/R/Scala, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Big Data technologies (MapReduce, PIG, HIVE), Postgres, Oracle, Mongo, MSSQL, CI/CD, container repositories, Agile/DevOps, enterprise BI tools (Power BI, Data Studio, Elastic Search-Kibana), cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP, AWS), on-premise infrastructure, data analysis, business performance management, reporting.

Preferred skills

Ecommerce and electronic payment business experience, working across global locations/regions.

Responsibilities

Develop and deploy production AI/ML models, build automated decisioning systems, perform data engineering for banking/finance, optimize CI/CD pipelines, query and report data using various tools, manage enterprise-scale data infrastructures.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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