Junior Data Scientist

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Work as part of a DevOps team, apply analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements into user stories. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity with a specific focus on testing.

Job Description

Role Focus: 

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented candidate with a strong focus on data analytics, and a solid understanding of data engineering and data science. The ideal candidate will be adept at transforming data into actionable insights that drive business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and design data solutions that meet their needs.

• Develop and maintain data solutions to support various business units.

• Data manipulation and analysis.

• Creation of basic and advanced visualisations.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including various product houses and other data teams to understand their data needs and deliver insights.

• Ensure data quality and integrity by implementing best practices in data management.

• Management of projects to ensure timely delivery of quality results in accordance with stakeholder expectations.

Technical Requirements:

• Proficiency in Python, with a focus on PySpark.

• Strong SQL skills for querying and manipulating data.

• Experience working in Databricks for data engineering and analysis tasks is advantageous.

• Ability to create visualizations in Databricks and/or PowerBI.

• Familiarity with project management tools like Jira and version control systems like GitHub.

Key Metrics:

• Deliver high-quality results that meet stakeholder expectations.

• Maintain data accuracy and integrity in all analyses and reports.

• Ability to work in high-pressure environment and meet deadlines.

Team Structure: 

You will be a key member of the data team, working closely with various business units to provide insights and support decision-making processes. Collaboration and communication with marketing, finance, and product development teams will be essential.

 

Project Examples:

• Translating stakeholder business challenges into actionable data-driven solutions.

• Conducting data analysis to identify trends and opportunities for business growth.

• Developing dashboards and reports to showcase insights for different business units.

• Collaborating with data engineers and data scientists to implement data pipelines and machine learning models.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.

• 1-2 years experience in a data role.

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised