Data Scientist 5+ Years Exp | On-site | George, Western Cape at Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd

What you’ll do

• Prepare, clean and transform data, and engineer features for modelling.
• Explore data to identify patterns and guide model development.
• Build, validate and deploy machine learning models.
• Monitor model performance, investigate drift and retrain models when needed.
• Troubleshoot deployed solutions and maintain reliable pipelines.
• Document models, pipelines and processes so others can understand and maintain them.
• Create dashboards and reporting tools that help business teams use your finding

Requirements

What you’ll need

• A degree or honours qualification in Data Science.
• At least 5 years’ experience in insurance or financial services.
• At least 5 years of hands-on machine learning experience, covering data preparation through to deployment.
• Proven experience with Python or R, and SQL/Snowflake.
• Experience in claims modelling and survival analysis.
• A strong foundation in statistical modelling and time series forecasting.

Experience that would be an advantage

• Short-term insurance experience, exposure to machine learning platforms, and proficiency in BI tools such as Power BI, Qlik Sense or Tableau.