Data Scientist

Job description / Role

We are currently recruiting multiple Data Scientists in Dubai on a 12 month renewable contract basis. These are excellent opportunities to be involved working on strategic and extremely important projects with high value business impact.

We need professionals that will undertake data science projects through the application of mathematical modelling, machine learning, problem structuring and big data analysis to solve complex business problems across the business portfolio with a focus on timely delivery and ownership of results. The role will require strong skills in computer science, mathematics, statistics and creative problem solving.

Requirements

Applications are sought from those with experience in the following key areas;
• MSc/PhD in a relevant field such as data science, operations research, mathematics, science, data mining, artificial intelligence, applied statistics, machine learning or economics.
• Experience ranging from 2-10+ years of hands-on experience in the Analytics ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies (Spark and Hadoop ecosystem) and deep learning frameworks (Tensorflow, Keras, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with SQL, R, Python
• Hands-on experience working with DevOps & Engineering teams to integrate the development code for models, workflows, libraries & packages into automation processes
• Hands-on experience building libraries and packages to be re-used by others
• Hands-on experience building DS Solutions for production usage
• Team player with a problem solving attitude
• Experience of delivering advanced analytical projects to large, complex organisations in a multi functional environment.
• Able to challenge and review the quality and value generated from analytical output.
• Focus on driving business value for business clients to support long term relationships. Ability to grow teams, ensuring the culture and strategy gets followed by the new hires.

About the Company

Stanley James is a privately owned recruitment business with offices in both Dubai and Cape Town allowing us to have global reach and a strong presence across EMEA and APAC. We have an expert team of recruitment specialists that are people centric, knowledgeable and driven to connect talent across all corporate functions. We are the partner of choice for SMEs, niche industry specialists and enterprises across the Technology, Financial Services, Management Consultancy, Legal, Construction & Engineering and Energy & Oil Gas sectors.

We typically recruit a wide range of skillsets across all corporate services, front/back office functions and commercial leadership teams. This includes Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, C-Level/Leadership, Business Change, Operations, Special Projects and Business Support Services.