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Require a Senior Data Scientist in Nairobi, Kenya
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Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
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Experience Required:
5-10years
Experience Required:
Posted:
12 September 2026 (4 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
10 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
- Perform exploratory data analysis to answer business questions identify trends and surface issues that need attention.
- Develop validate deploy and maintain statistical machine learning and AI models across customer analytics segmentation retention forecasting risk fraud and optimisation use cases.
- Translate business and customer needs into analytical problems and data science solutions.
- Perform data exploration feature engineering model selection validation and performance monitoring.
- Build and maintain machine learning pipelines and deploy solutions into business processes products and digital channels.
- Own end to end reporting work from gathering requirements with business teams through to building dashboards reports and visualisations that support business decisions.
- Work with data engineering colleagues on data quality pipeline structure and warehouse design where it affects analytical or model work.
- Monitor model performance data quality and drift and keep solutions documented explainable and aligned with governance requirements.
- Communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Statistics Mathematics Data Science or a related quantitative discipline from a recognised institution.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Data Analytics Business Intelligence or Data Science.
- Comfortable working across the analytics stack from data analysis and BI reporting to model building.
- Strong proficiency in R and/or Python advanced SQL and applied statistics including inference hypothesis testing regression and experimental design.
- Strong understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms including model selection validation and optimisation.
- Experience working with relational databases data warehouses and large datasets including both structured and unstructured data.
- Experience building dashboards and reports using tools such as Power BI Tableau or equivalent.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud is an added advantage.
- Strong analytical problem solving communication and stakeholder management skills.
Required Skills:
We are looking for a driven and highly organised Operations Executive to oversee and coordinate the full operational scope of our newly established company in Harare Zimbabwe. This is a hands-on cross-functional role that sits at the heart of the business connecting warehouse management commodity trading operations logistics coordination and procurement. The ideal candidate will have a strong grasp of agricultural commodity trading the ability to manage multiple moving parts simultaneously and a track record of keeping operations running efficiently and cost-effectively in a fast-paced trading environment
Required Education:
Graduation in Supply Chain
