Senior Data Scientist job at Asante Financial Services Group

Vacancy title:
Senior Data Scientist

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

Jobs at:

Asante Financial Services Group

Deadline of this Job:
06 May 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, April 25, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Purpose
Proficiency in communicating to external teams at a business requirement level as well as to technical experts external to the business.
Ability to translate technical concepts into business language and vice versa. Ability to clearly articulate project objectives, in both technical terms (data science workflow) as well as non-technical terms (project management communication) to enable clear and efficient communication within the organization.

Job Specifications
Minimum qualification

• Honor's or Masters' Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
Minimum Work Experience:
• Demonstrated proficiency (6-8 years' experience) in several of the following:
• Python or R programming
• Probability & Statistics (Descriptive and Inferential Statistics, Bayesian Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Time Series)
• Databases (Relational, NoSQL, Graph Databases, etc.)
• Machine Learning (Regression, Classification, Clustering, Neural Networks)
• Natural Language Processing and Text Analytics
• Graph/Network Analytics
• Big Data (Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, etc.)
• Data Visualization (Tableau, Qlikview, Grafana, etc.)

Minimum requirements:
• 5+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Background in a quantitative discipline with focus on at least any one of the following fields: data analytics, machine learning, big data analytics, or computer science.
• Proven track record in the management and guidance of junior data science resources
• Extensive experience with Bash, GIT and Python IDEs.
• Programming experience in one or more object-oriented languages, including: R, Python, C++, SQL.
• Experience in programming or scripting to enable ETL development.
• Familiarity with relational databases such as SQL or Postgres.


Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Job application procedure
Please make sure to upload a single PDF document with your updated CV and Cover Letter to humanresource@asantefinancegroup.com  and indicate Senior Data Scientist on Subject of the email. Work permit restrictions may apply, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Job Info
Job Category: Data, Monitoring, and Research jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 06 May 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 26-04-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 26-04-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 26-04-2065
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