Information Technology · Full-time
Official sourceData Scientist (Personalization)

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About this role
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Role overview
Yassir is hiring a full-time Data Scientist in Nairobi to work on their Artificial Intelligence team. This role focuses on Personalization and Recommendation Engines and suits candidates with strong skills in data analysis, machine learning, and software development. It is ideal for someone with a relevant master's degree and at least three years of industry experience.
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What you will do
- Become a subject matter expert and thought leader in Personalization and Recommendation Engines.
- Identify and suggest machine learning opportunities related to your area and beyond.
- Support defining and prioritizing machine learning projects.
- Work closely with Engineering and Product teams.
- Ensure data quality for all machine learning and analytics solutions.
- Perform exploratory data analysis and feature engineering.
- Train, validate, tune, deploy, and monitor machine learning models using MLOps infrastructure.
- Explain technical solutions clearly to business teams and support their communications.
- Maintain and improve technical documentation of solutions.
- Help develop the Data & AI domain's capabilities and improve collaboration.
- Promote a data-driven culture by sharing knowledge and participating in team activities.
Requirements
- Hold a master's degree or higher in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- Have at least three years of professional experience coding in Python and SQL at production quality.
- Be skilled in software engineering concepts including code profiling, optimization, scalability, testing, and cost optimization.
- Have prior experience with Personalization and Evaluation modelling techniques.
- Understand key statistical concepts such as statistical testing and causal analysis.
- Possess strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Have an engineering mindset focused on delivering robust applied data science solutions.
- Be proficient in data visualization using Python libraries or BI tools.
- Be familiar with cloud platforms and their data/ML services, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
- Master the end-to-end machine learning model development lifecycle.
- Have excellent communication skills in professional English, both written and oral.
- Demonstrate a positive attitude, resilience, and strong interpersonal skills including empathy and team building.
- Be self-motivated with the ability to work independently and manage projects effectively.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact by submitting your application before the closing date, which has not been published.