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Junior Data Scientist / AI Engineer (Contract) - Gauteng/Hybrid - ISB1402066

Melkbosstrand, Cape Town City Centre🌐 Remote💼 Contract🗓 2026-05-13 → 2026-08-05

Core

Build professional and safe AI building blocks, including expert chatbots and automation tools, to support a global network.

Role type

Junior Data Scientist / AI Engineer

Builds

AI-enabled solutions, data pipelines, dashboards, and reports

Domain

IT services, AI/ML, Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Exploratory data analysis (EDA), Feature engineering, Machine learning model development, Data pipeline design, Model evaluation, SQL querying, Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow), Distributed data systems (Kafka, Spark), Git

Preferred skills

MLOps practices, Data governance principles, Cloud environments (Azure/AWS), Generative AI/LLM experience, AI agent/prompting familiarity

Technologies

Python, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kafka, Spark, SQL, Git, Azure, AWS

Responsibilities

Translate business problems into data-driven AI solutions, Perform EDA to uncover patterns and opportunities, Design and maintain data pipelines for analytics, Develop and iterate on ML/AI models, Produce dashboards and reports for stakeholders, Collaborate with data engineering and AI platform teams

Seniority

Junior, Entry-level (2-4 years related experience)

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