Lead Data Scientist - remote
- Location
- Remote (South Africa) · Cape Town, Western Cape
- Contract
- Permanent
- Minimum qualification
- Bachelor's degree
- Closing date
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In brief
**Overview** This role is for a Lead Data Scientist at a company that operates a privacy-preserving data collaboration platform, enabling companies to share consumer insights without exposing or trading actual customer data. The Lead Data Scientist will function as the second-in-command to the Head of Data Science, combining senior technical leadership responsibilities with hands-on delivery. **What you will do** * Act as deputy to the Head of Data Science; mentor team members, support delivery management, and potentially lead an Agile delivery squad. * Own and prioritize the analytical roadmap, establishing reusable assets and a coherent customer analytics journey. * Translate ambiguous business needs into decision-ready insights; present findings to senior stakeholders and defend evidence-based conclusions. * Write maintainable, testable, production-grade Python using modern engineering best practices. * Apply best practices around data grain, provenance, reconciliation, and traceability across Delta Lake and Synapse environments. * Leverage Claude Code and agentic AI workflows across prototyping, coding, testing, and documentation. * Derive accurate insights from matched, aggregated, or imperfect datasets using weighted binning, dependency measures, and strict validation controls. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Experience:** 7+ years in Data Science/Analytics/Data Warehousing (with substantial recent DS experience) + 2+ years in technical/engineering leadership. * **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline (or equivalent experience). * **Machine Learning & AI:** Senior-level expertise designing, deploying, monitoring, and retraining production ML/AI models. * **Core Python Stack:** Advanced Python, Jupyter, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn. * **Data Engineering & Lakehouse:** Delta Lake (or similar), PySpark, feature stores, data versioning, Azure Synapse, T-SQL/ANSI SQL. * **Analytics & BI:** Power BI and Python visualization tools. * **Communication:** Excellent written and verbal English with strong stakeholder management skills. * **Desirable Experience:** * PySpark & distributed data processing * FastAPI & Kubernetes-based model serving * Automated testing with PyTest * Apache Ranger or data governance frameworks * C#.NET, Angular, or Electron development **Who should apply** A highly experienced Data Scientist with substantial recent Data Science experience, combined with significant technical or engineering leadership expertise. The ideal candidate will be capable of taking on a senior technical leadership role while remaining hands-on in delivery. They should possess senior-level expertise in designing, deploying, monitoring, and retraining production ML/AI models, alongside advanced skills in the core Python data stack, data engineering, lakehouse architectures, and business intelligence tools. Excellent written and verbal English communication, coupled with strong stakeholder management abilities, are also essential. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/cape-town/lead-data-scientist-remote-id-7580214 Source: jobmail
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At a glance
- Python
- Angular
- C#
- .NET
- SQL
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- Power BI
- Agile / Scrum
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