Overview
Intermediate Data Scientist Jobs in Johannesburg, South Africa at LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company
About the Role
AData Scientist III should understand best practices and processes and be able to execute them independently, reviewing requirements and results with supervisors. Individuals in this role should work with managers to define project scope, and then execute the necessary methods to develop, test and deliver outcomes.
Responsibilities
Primarily provide support to more senior Data Scientists
Pulls data, cleans data, builds and maintains existing models
Participates in result presentation to internal stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
At least an undergraduate degree in relevant field and 2+ years of relevant work experience
Or a master’s degree in a relevant field
Data Science and NLP Skills
• Formal training in machine learning dimensionality reduction, clustering, embeddings, and sequence classification algorithms
• Practical experience in Natural Language Processing methods and libraries such as spaCy, word2vec, Tensor Flow, Keras, PyTorch, Flair, BERT, large language models and prompt engineering.
Technical Skills
• Strong Python, Scala or Java background
• Knowledge of AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud platform
• Understanding of data modelling principles and complex data models.
• Knowledge of relational and No
SQL databases (e.g. Postgres, Elasticsearch/ Open Search, AWS Neptune)
• Knowledge of Spark, Ray, or other distributed computing systems highly preferred
• Knowledge of API development, containerization, and machine learning deployment highly preferred
• Interest in ML Ops/AI Ops highly preferred
Data Science Skills
Competency in relevant skills and software packages
Demonstrates competencies in relevant Data Science and/or Statistical frameworks
Able to apply Machine Learning, Data Mining, and/or Statistical methods to build advanced models. Able to roll into production with senior guidance
Understands and creates typical data steps to prepare and process data for analysis
Able to execute standard coding for projects and processes to do the job successfully using company standard toolsets
Independent support of small-scale projects. Support from others in supporting more complicated project steps
Understands and executes complex methods within discipline, industry and domain
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.
Working with Us
Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Working for you
We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
– Comprehensive, multi-carrier health plan benefits
– Disability insurance
– Dependent care and commuter spending accounts
– Life and accident insurance
– Retirement benefits (salary investment plan/employer stock purchase plan)- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy.
Title: Intermediate Data Scientist
Company: LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Category: IT/Tech (Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, Data Analyst)
