Job description

A data scientist will turn raw data into valuable insights that an organisation needs in order to grow

and compete. You will interpret and analyse data from multiple sources to come up with imaginative

solutions to problems.

Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes

 Undertake pre-processing of structured and unstructured data

 Analyse large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns

 Build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms

 Combine models through ensemble modelling

 Present information using data visualization techniques and setting up data infrastructure

 Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges

 Collaborate with engineering and product development teams

 Collecting structured and unstructured data

 Sourcing missing data

 Building machine learning algorithms

 Processing, cleansing & verifying of data

 Generating information and insights from data sets and identifying trends and patterns

 Preparing reports for executive and project teams

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field; graduate degree in Data Science or

other quantitative field is preferred.

 3 to 7 years proven experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst

 Experience in data mining

 Understanding of machine-learning and operations research

 Knowledge of R, SQL and Python; familiarity with Scala, Java or C++ is an asset

 Experience using business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau) and data frameworks (e.g. Hadoop)

 Analytical mind and business acumen

 Strong math skills (e.g. statistics, algebra)