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Junior Data Scientist

Nedbank
R 104 004 - R 131 693 a year
Johannesburg, Gauteng
3 weeks ago
quisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant
REQ 139769
Closing: 18 July 2025
Job Family
Information Technology
Career Stream
Application Development
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self Technical
Job Purpose
Contribute to the design and prototyping of analytic engines and services with a foundational understanding of machine learning, data mining, and information retrieval concepts
Job Responsibilities
  • Develop statistical models and algorithms through the use of libraries and abstractions
  • Conducts explority data analysis
  • Create value out of various datasets
  • Provide insights to BI and BA to further exploit and present their models.
  • Apply advanced analytical techniques such as machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to derive business value.
  • Conduct data discovery for inclusion in models.
  • Proficiency in a programming toolset (for e.g, Python, R) for data manipulation and basic data analysis tasks.
  • Grow in knoweldge of latest tools and techniques with guidance from senior team members.
  • Able to query and pre-process (wrangle/munge) data.
  • Collaborates with senior data scientists/analysts/engineers to implement and deploy scalable solutions.
  • Implement and maintain ML models and algorithms that drive innovation throughout the organization.
  • Conduct self-development through researching best practices, conducting experiments, and collaborating with industry leaders.
  • Monitor and maintain models in production and re-train if necessary.
  • Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
  • Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
  • Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities.
  • Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
  • Participate and support positive team culture in achievement of business strategy.
  • Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.
Job Responsibilities Continue
  • Develop Data Science Use Cases with a small team in an agile fashion.
  • Machine learning and Model training/retraining.
  • Exploratory data analysis and visualisations using large data sets.
  • Acquire and load relevant data and generate features from this data sets.
  • Maintain production Models as required.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
  • Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
  • Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
  • STEM Qualification
  • Engineering Qualification,
  • Computer Science,
  • Econometrics,
  • Mathematical Statistics,
  • Actuary Science
  • Masters or Doctorate will be an added advantage
Preferred Certifications
  • Cloud (Azure, AWS), DEVOPS or Data engineering certification. Any Data Science certification will be an added advantage, Coursera, Udemy, SAS Data Scientist certification, Microsoft Data Scientist.
Minimum Experience Level
  • MS/PhD in STEM or related technical discipline
  • 1-3 years’ experience in a statistical and/or data science role
  • Cursory knowledge of machine learning, statistics, optimization or related field
  • Experience with R, Python, Matlab is required, programming in C, C++, Java
  • Experience working with large data sets, simulation/ optimization and distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, Arena, etc.)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong desire to work in cross functional teams
  • Attitude to thrive in a fun, agile start-up like environment.
Technical / Professional Knowledge
  • Data Mining
  • Data analysis
  • data/ data structures
  • Presentation Skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • programming
  • Supervised Learning
  • Unsupervised Learning
  • NLP
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Data Visualisation
  • Feature Engineering/Selection
  • HyperParameter Tuning
  • Research and analytics
  • Continous Learning
  • AI Ethics and Fairness
Behavioural Competencies
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Collaborating
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Innovation
  • Leveraging Feedback
  • Applied Learning
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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
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