Principal Data Scientist

Jobtailor · midrand, city of johannesburg metropolitan municipality, South-Africa

Location
midrand
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 12, 2026

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create Machine Learning and AI products that provide actionable business insight and drive personalisation for M-Pesa users.
  • Developing predictive models with large and varied datasets, working with a community of colleagues across Advanced Analytics, technology, and data and customer functions.
  • Development of machine learning models for various areas of the business on the Big Data Platform.
  • Development of prototype code in e.g. PySpark for automated training and scoring of the machine learning models.
  • Machine Learning Model performance tracking and reporting.
  • Uses data visualisation to engage audience in a compelling way, enabling effective storytelling.
  • Work with lead data scientist to deliver key packages of work to meet the needs of business customers.
  • Works in partnership with Big Data Engineering for data ingestion to support use cases.
  • Works in partner...

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