Data Scientist

SUMMARY:
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.
We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our financial services client based in Sandton.

POSITION INFO:
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.

• Completed BSc degree or other related fields.
• 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.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Some experience in working with big disparate sets of data and exposure to big data tools