Kantar

Data Scientist

Kantar

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Cape Town • South Africa

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Tech Stack

AzureCloudDockerPythonSQL

About the role

  • Develop and integrate new features to enhance functionality in our products and models for internal and external users.
  • Champion best practices in software development within the team.
  • Write comprehensive tests and documentation to ensure reliability.
  • Create and maintain efficient pipelines and infrastructure for seamless deployment.
  • Deploy models into production, ensuring their stability and performance.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to achieve cohesive organisational goals.
  • Share insights and innovative solutions within the AI/ML domain through cross-team collaboration.
  • Research new methodologies, techniques, and algorithms to keep our products as the best in class in the market.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in coding languages such as R and Python.
  • Strong knowledge of Statistical and Machine Learning models.
  • Familiarity with their applications to marketing, market research, or media measurement would be valuable.
  • Experience with manipulation and maintenance of databases (e.g. SQL).
  • Ability to work effectively in global setups with diverse cross-geography teams and cultures.
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to balance big-picture thinking with meticulousness.
  • Energetic, self-driven, curious, and entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Experience in developing and maintaining live products is desirable but not required.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms like Azure, knowledge of Git, and containerisation tools (e.g. Docker) are a plus.
Benefits
  • Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that works for them.
  • We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society.
  • Mental health and well being considerations in the workplace.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
RPythonStatistical modelsMachine Learning modelsSQLcloud platformsGitDocker
Soft Skills
attention to detailbig-picture thinkingcollaborationcross-geography teamworkcuriosityentrepreneurial mindset