Data Scientist at FNB South Africa

Are you someone who:

• Can identify and coordinate data-driven projects to enable enhanced business solutions and decision-making.
• Build data science integrated solutions that enable efficient communication between conversational systems and core banking systems
• Can design and build algorithms that can improve the accuracy of chatbots and search engines in understanding and responding to user queries.
• Has strong skills in data analysis, including preprocessing, feature engineering, and deriving meaningful insights from diverse datasets.
• Has an in-depth knowledge of statistical/machine learning algorithms and their applications, particularly in the context of conversational AI.
• Is able to effectively communicate and work closely with cross- functional teams and articulate complex concepts to both technical and non- technical stakeholders.
• Is able to stay current with the latest advancements in AI and quickly adapt to evolving technologies and methodologies.
• Can conduct research to gather and analyse information to support project objectives.
• Is interested in generative AI, natural language processing and conversational AI.
• Is able to practically generate results leveraging statistical techniques and coding.
• Develop and apply statistical models to collect, organise and summarise data to enable insights/ trends for business stakeholders. Perform ad hoc exploratory statistics and data mining tasks on diverse datasets.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

Minimum Qualification

• Hon BSc Mathematics, Stats, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Business Mathematics Informatics

Experience

• 3 years relevant experience
• Python, SQL
• Statistical skills
• NLP – Natural Language Processing experience
• Good understanding of LangChain module
• Have practical experience in NLP applications
• Strong problem solving skills
• Are motivated and proactive

You will have access to:

• Working on ground-braking, current generative AI technology.
• Opportunities to network and collaborate.
• Challenging work environment.
• Opportunities to innovate.

We can be a match if you are: 

• Curious & creative - you’re driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough.
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.
• Self Driven.