Data Scientist

About the position

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

We are currently looking for a Data Scientist to join one of our top-tier clients in the financial services sector in JHB North. ( onsite)
What you will be doing: 

• Extracting and analyzing digital, clinical and behavioral data to inform product design, customer experience strategies for digital solutions.
• Developing data science model and A/B testing pipelines for deployment.
• Applying statistical techniques, behavioral science principles, and data science models to measure and optimize member engagement and user experiences for digital solutions.
• Working closely with Organisation Health Digital to ensure insights and modelling inputs align with product objectives and app engagement outcomes.
• Collaborate with systems and engineering teams to integrate data science pipelines into the Health Systems and Health digital solutions.
• Present insights and results to business stakeholders and senior executives, highlighting the impact of personalized digital experiences on user engagement and experience.

What we are looking for:

• BSc degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields with a minimum average of 65% across all subjects.
• 5 years’ experience as a Data Scientist.
• Ability to formulate a clear problem statement, develop a plan for tackling it, and clearly communicate findings verbally, visually, and in writing  
• Demonstrable working experience in an analytics position, where the focus was on building and implementing machine learning models to solve business problems
• Experience accessing and analysing data using language/tools/databases such as Python, R, SQL, etc.
• Experience using Gradient Boosting Machines, Random Forests, Neural Networks or similar algorithms.
• Some experience in working with big disparate sets of data and exposure to big data tools

 
Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.
 

Desired Skills:

• SQL
• Python
• R