Data Scientist
Location: Bryanston, JHB
Salary: R600k – R840k per annum + benefits (Medical Aid, Life Cover, Gym)
 
About the Company:
With 15 years of experience, predominantly in international markets, we have become a leading provider in digital marketing content as well as software development expertise and online solutions, seeking to increase brand reputation. With clients in the USA, Europe and the UK, we pride ourselves in being at the cutting-edge of software technology and on par with market trends. Our main marketing avenues include: mobile, email and direct mail marketing campaigns; Social Media Initiatives; Interactive Gaming Websites
 
About the Role:
We are looking for a Data Scientist that will help us discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data and help us make decisions. Your primary focus will be in applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis, and building high quality prediction systems integrated with our products. This will include customer journeys, A/B testing, campaign management, fraud detection and financial analysis.
 
Requirements:

• Must have excellent communication skills and an inquisitive mind
• Data-oriented personality
• You should be familiar with statistical tests, distributions, maximum likelihood estimators, etc. 
• Experience with data visualisation tools
• Know how to deal with imperfections in data
• Good scripting and programming skills to help with data wrangling
• Proficiency in using query languages such as advanced SQL
• Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
• Candidate must have a valid passport and we will probably fly him/her to the UK to spend a week with our software team.

 
Duties:

• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
• Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed
• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
• Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance