Data Scientist III
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA
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Purpose Statement
- To deliver the AI strategy to ensure Capitec can compete in a changing landscape where data science is a key future-oriented strategic differentiator.
- To design and implement predictive models or intelligent algorithms to better understand the drivers of business performance and enable improved management decision-making.
Education (Minimum)
- Honours Degree in Data Science
Education (Ideal or Preferred)
- Masters Degree in Data Science
Knowledge and Experience
Experience
Minimum
NB. Length of experience required is conditional on the qualifications obtained
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a quantitative discipline or STEM field e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science with focus on Machine Learning, plus 6yrs relevant experience
- Or equivalent
Or
- Honours Degree or equivalent and relevant technical qualifications, plus 8yrs relevant experience.
- Experience in data science, machine learning and deployment of developed solutions
- Business analysis and requirements gathering
- Reproducible coding experience
- Working with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience in at least one ML language
- Working in cloud environments
Ideal
- Working with multiple teams to deliver predictive models into a production environment
- Stakeholder management at Executive and senior management level
Knowledge
Minimum:
- Deep understanding of state of the art and emerging principles and techniques in at least one discipline of data science, e.g., NLP, Deep Learning etc. and can teach to a broad and wide technical audience.
- Underlying theory and application of machine learning models; able to understand underlying principles and theory and be able to teach others.
- Familiarity with modern deep learning frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch, MXNet, etc).
- Best practices for data science.
- Ethical AI design principles.
Ideal:
Capitec Data Science lifecycle
Capitec Data Product Life Cycle
Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Communications Skills
- Problem solving skills
- Decision making skills
- Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
- Planning, organising and coordination skills
Additional Information
- Clear criminal and credit record
Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: AI strategy Banking Computer Science Deep Learning Engineering Machine Learning Mathematics ML models MXNet NLP PyTorch RDBMS Statistics STEM TensorFlow
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