Data Scientist job at CrossBoundary
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Vacancy title:
Data Scientist

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

Jobs at:

CrossBoundary

Deadline of this Job:
10 August 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

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

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JOB DETAILS:

Who You Are
A self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in frontier markets
Seeks to take on new types of work, even without prior experience/direct supervision
Shows willingness to work, travel, and live in a sometimes-challenging environment
Has comfort with ambiguity and an ability to operate effectively in a changing context
Can build strong relationships with clients and colleagues in stressful environments
Applies a “hacker mindset” towards challenges and unsolved problems

Primary Responsibilities
• Management of data sets relevant to individual projects
• Analysis of historical data to identify past and current patterns as well as causal relationships
• Creation of predictive models, “What-if” scenarios, and time-series predictions
• Design of recommendation algorithms to select optimal choices from universe of options
• Co-teaming with advisory and other teams and driving them to connect the data to valuable insights
• Management of relationships with stakeholders to create trust in the project deliverables

Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
• 3 years of work experience (or applicable post-graduate education), with 1 year of experience working in high-caliber data science or consulting organizations
• Experience working in developing countries will be regarded favorably
• Expertise in at least one data-focused programming language (e.g.: Python, R, MATLAB)
• Expertise in advanced statistical applications: non-parametric regression and classification, Bayesian methods, etc.
• Expertise in visualization libraries (e.g.: Plotly, ggplot2, Tableau)
• Experience in version control (e.g.: Git/GitHub) is a plus
• Experience manipulating and transforming large data sets (e.g.: SQL, Spark, HDFS) is a plus
• Experience in numerical optimization (e.g.: gradient-based techniques and MILP) is a plus
• Experience with GIS tools (e.g.: ArcGIS, QGIS) is a plus
• Ability to work independently and to learn new skills with minimal supervision
• Excellent presentation skills; ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse audiences



Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Data, Monitoring, and Research jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 10 August 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 28-07-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-07-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-07-2066
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