Junior Data Scientist job at Pezesha
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Vacancy title:
Junior Data Scientist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Information Technology , Category: Data Science / Research ]

Jobs at:

Pezesha

Deadline of this Job:
11 May 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Job Overview
We are looking for enthusiastic upcoming Data Scientists who will support our products, portfolios and leadership teams with insights gained from analysing company and portfolio data. The ideal candidate is adept at using wider data sets to find opportunities for product and process optimisation and using models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action. They must have strong experience using a variety of data mining/data analysis methods, using a variety of data tools, building and implementing models, using/creating algorithms and creating/running simulations. They must have a proven ability to drive business results with their data-based insights. They must be comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams. The right candidate will have a passion for discovering solutions hidden in data and working with stakeholders to improve business outcomes.

Responsibilities
• Identify data gaps, recommend and implement solutions to address these gaps
• Provide data insights to products team that will help in scaling and product optimisation
• Monitor and report experiment results/impact analysis
• Develop state of the art solutions to present data insights to management team on-demand
• Analyse scoring data and repayment data to identify complex patterns that could inform default and non-default customer behaviour
• Develop credit scoring models
• Validation of credit scoring models
• Deploy scoring models using REST APIs
• Documentation of deployed code

Knowledge and skills
• BSc degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering. Masters is a plus.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in the data science field.
• Knowledge and experience in machine learning algorithms(K-Means, Logistic regression are a must)
• Strong Python, especially in a data analytics/science capacity (ex. pandas, numPy, sklearn, matplotlib, seaborn)
• Excellent with SQL database operations
• Experience with experimental design, statistical analysis, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Good knowledge of statistical tests and analysis
• Ability to communicate model outputs and analyses to stakeholders at various levels of technical expertise
• Experience deploying predictive models at scale
• Keen eye for detail and thoughtful investigation of data before relying upon it
• Thrives on teamwork
• Experience in cloud technologies GCP and AWS
• Knowledge in parallel processing technologies i.e Spark, Dask
• Bonus: Experience working with financial data or credit scoring models

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
The applicants who do not indicate THE REF NO and job title will be automatically disqualified.
Please send a single pdf file containing a brief and bullet-pointed cover letter and your CV on the subsequent page(s) with
• Ref: 2022-Business Operations Manager as the subject of your email
• Ref 2022: Collection Officer as the subject as the subject of your email
• Ref 2022 / SME Credit Relationship Officer as the subject of your email
• Ref 2022 / Junior Data Scientist as the subject of your email
email to jobs@pezesha.com


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Job Info
Job Category: Data, Monitoring, and Research jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 11 May 2022
Duty Station: Kenya
Posted: 28-04-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-04-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-04-2065
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