TRAFFIC Western Cape

Data Scientist

SupportFinity

Job Description

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

We are currently looking for a Data Scientist to join one of our top-tier clients in the financial services sector in JHB North. (onsite)

What You Will Be Doing
  • Extracting and analysing digital, clinical and behavioural data to inform product design, customer experience strategies for digital solutions.
  • Developing data science model and A/B testing pipelines for deployment.
  • Applying statistical techniques, behavioural science principles, and data science models to measure and optimize member engagement and user experiences for digital solutions.
  • Working closely with Organisation Health Digital to ensure insights and modelling inputs align with product objectives and app engagement outcomes.
  • Collaborate with systems and engineering teams to integrate data science pipelines into the Health Systems and Health digital solutions.
  • Present insights and results to business stakeholders and senior executives, highlighting the impact of personalized digital experiences on user engagement and experience.
What We Are Looking For
  • BSc degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields with a minimum average of 65% across all subjects.
  • 5 years' experience as a Data Scientist.
  • Ability to formulate a clear problem statement, develop a plan for tackling it, and clearly communicate findings verbally, visually, and in writing.
  • Demonstrable working experience in an analytics position, where the focus was on building and implementing machine learning models to solve business problems.
  • Experience accessing and analysing data using language/tools/databases such as Python, R, SQL, etc.
  • Experience using Gradient Boosting Machines, Random Forests, Neural Networks or similar algorithms.
  • Some experience in working with big disparate sets of data and exposure to big data tools.
Desired Skills
  • SQL
  • Python
  • R

About This Role

Career insights for Data Scientists positions

Salary Benchmark
R24,300/month
R15,695 to R38,292/month
Source: WageIndicator ZAR data
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.
Common Technologies
Amazon EC2 Amazon Redshift AWS Cloud Microsoft PowerPoint C# (.NET) Perl R Apache Kafka

Job Overview

Date Posted
01 May 2026
Location
Western Cape, South Africa

Data Scientists Insights

Median Salary (ZAR)
R24,300/month
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

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