ZA - Data Scientist
Equal Experts
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Equal Experts is an innovative consultancy specialising in the delivery of custom software solutions for blue-chip enterprise and public sector clients across a range of industry sectors. We work on important projects for our clients, deliver market-leading propositions across the digital, online and mobile channels, and are recognised for our leadership in the application of agile and lean delivery methods to assure delivery. We have offices in Australia, Germany, India, South Africa, the UK and the USA.
Our Data Scientists are highly skilled in driving valuable insights from data and creating machine learning algorithms to automate decision making and drive business value.
This role involves working in teams that use modern agile technical practices - including continuous integration and deployment and fast feedback loops - to deliver timely and pragmatic solutions, as well as helping others to do their jobs in a more effective way.
Responsibilities
- Use data to improve how our clients make decisions to enhance their customer experience, and drive loyalty.
- Uncover deep insight hidden in their vast repository of raw data, and provide tactical guidance on how to act on findings.
- Leverage their work in order to increase adoption across their business partners, to drive real business value.
- Develop quantitative models, leveraging machine learning and advanced data analysis techniques.
- Work effectively in an agile environment to deliver machine learning increments and ensure that requirements are met. Ensuring timely delivery across supporting/dependant teams in support of agreed goals.
- Drive adoption of best practices and standards, influencing across the client teams - most likely working with a wider team of data scientists and data engineers.
- Strong partnership with business and engineering teams.
Required Skills
- Strong analytical experience in looking at data from multiple angles using both technical and statistical skills and deep product/business understanding.
- Significant experience building machine learning products.
- Strong background in at least one programming language, Python preferable.
- Experience with ML Frameworks: Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow or similar.
- Experience with SQL.
- Working with source control (Git) and CI/CD tools.
- Understanding and being able to communicate with data engineering or business intelligence teams - Explaining data requirements and being able to participate or communicate in ML Ops environment.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively while working remotely with globally distributed teams.
About this role
Equal Experts is looking for a Data Scientist to join their South Africa office on a full-time, in-office basis. You'll work within agile teams delivering machine learning solutions for enterprise and public sector clients, moving beyond analysis to build models that automate decision-making and drive measurable business value. The role requires you to uncover insights from large datasets, develop quantitative models using modern ML frameworks, and guide clients on how to act on your findings—then help them scale adoption across their organizations.
This position demands solid technical foundations: proficiency in Python, SQL, and source control tools like Git, plus hands-on experience building machine learning products with frameworks such as Scikit-Learn or TensorFlow. You'll need strong analytical thinking that blends statistical rigor with business acumen, and the ability to work effectively across data engineering, business intelligence, and client teams. Communication matters as much as technical skill—you'll explain data requirements, participate in ML Ops discussions, and collaborate with globally distributed colleagues.
The role suits someone who enjoys both the technical depth of model development and the practical challenge of embedding solutions into client operations. If you're comfortable working in fast-feedback agile environments and want to influence how organizations use data to make better decisions, this could be a strong fit.
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