Data Scientist (George, Western Cape) at Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd

What you’ll own:

• Prepping, cleaning & shaping raw data into machine-learning gold
• Finding hidden patterns no one else sees
• Building, validating & deploying ML models into production
• Keeping an eagle eye on model performance (and spotting drift before it drifts too far)
• Retraining and upgrading models so they stay sharp
• Designing intuitive dashboards & tools that make complex results look effortless

Requirements

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Have a Degree or Honours in Data Science or Actuarial Science
• Have 3+ years in insurance or financial services (short-term insurance = bonus points)
• Have 3+ years taking ML projects from raw data to deployment
• Can wrangle Python or R, SQL or Snowflake like a pro
• Have hands-on claims modelling, survival analysis & statistical modelling chops
• Understand time series forecasting like the back of your hand
• Are curious, independent, and allergic to “good enough”

Extra street cred for:

• Experience with ML platforms
• Power BI, Qlik Sense, Tableau wizardry