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  • Posted: Nov 5, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Badger Holdings is a specialised insurance and related services company. Founded in 1995, we currently employ over 700 staff members across South Africa and Australia and insure over 180 000 clients with premiums in excess of US$100 million. Through a unique blend of skills and expertise, Badger Holdings has grown into a formidable force in the insuran...
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    Data Scientist (George, Western Cape)

    Purpose of the Role

    • You’ll be responsible for the development and deployment of machine learning solutions that tackle real business challenges. This means data preparation, exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model development, deployment, monitoring — and doing it all without needing your hand held.

    What You’ll Do

    • Prep, clean, transform and engineer features from raw data
    • Run exploratory data analysis to uncover insights & shape models
    • Build, validate and deploy machine learning models
    • Monitor and retrain models to stay ahead of drift
    • Troubleshoot and maintain deployed solutions
    • Document pipelines, models and processes clearly
    • Create dashboards & reporting tools for business teams

    Job Requirements
    What We’re Looking For

    Essential:

    • Degree/Honours in Data Science or Actuarial Science
    • 3+ years’ experience in insurance/financial services (short-term insurance = big plus)
    • 3+ years hands-on with machine learning projects (data prep → deployment)
    • Proven experience with Python or R, SQL/Snowflake
    • Experience with claims modelling & survival analysis
    • Strong foundation in statistical modelling & time series forecasting

    Preferred (Bonus Points):

    • Exposure to ML platforms
    • Proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Qlik Sense, Tableau, etc.)

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    Interested and qualified? Go to Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd on jobs.mcidirecthire.com to apply

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