Data Scientist

📋 Description

• • Join TalentSafari SAS, a pioneering company dedicated to building the essential HR and financial infrastructure for Africa’s informal and blue-collar workforce. We are revolutionizing how businesses in critical sectors like construction, manufacturing, and agriculture manage their most valuable asset: their people. Our innovative platform provides robust tools for workforce management, seamless payroll processing, efficient payments, and vital financial services, empowering both employers and employees.
• • As a Data Scientist at TalentSafari SAS, you will be at the forefront of transforming our rapidly expanding data assets into powerful insights, predictive models, and strategic decision-making frameworks. Your work will directly influence key areas of our business, including lending strategies, sophisticated risk management, aggressive growth initiatives, and optimizing operational efficiency across the entire organization.
• • This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the data-driven future of a company making a tangible impact on the African economy. You will be instrumental in leveraging data to unlock new opportunities and mitigate potential challenges, ensuring Fixa remains a leader in its field.
• • **Key Responsibilities and Impact:**
• • **Data Infrastructure Design and Management:** Architect and implement robust infrastructure for data movement, cleaning, and storage, ensuring data is readily available, accurate, and optimized for advanced analysis. This includes establishing scalable data pipelines and ensuring data integrity from source to insight.
• • **Predictive Modeling:** Develop, build, and maintain sophisticated machine learning models. These models will be critical for assessing credit risk, detecting fraudulent activities, understanding user behavior patterns, and forecasting portfolio performance, directly impacting our financial services offerings and risk mitigation strategies.
• • **Data Quality and Governance:** Champion data quality initiatives, establishing rigorous monitoring processes and implementing strong data governance practices. This ensures the reliability and trustworthiness of all data used for decision-making and model development.
• • **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Forge strong partnerships with Product, Finance, Engineering, and Compliance teams. Your role will be to seamlessly embed data-driven insights and analytical frameworks into their daily decision-making processes, fostering a holistic approach to business strategy.
• • **Metric Definition and Tracking:** Define, implement, and meticulously track core business, risk, and growth metrics. These metrics will serve as the vital signs of the company, providing clear visibility into performance and guiding strategic adjustments.
• • **Experimentation and Analysis:** Design and execute rigorous experiments and in-depth analyses aimed at improving key business drivers, such as unit economics and overall customer outcomes. This involves hypothesis testing, statistical analysis, and deriving actionable recommendations.
• • **Scalable Analytics Infrastructure:** Ensure the data analytics infrastructure is not only functional but also scalable, capable of supporting the company's rapid growth trajectory and evolving analytical needs.
• • **Mentorship and Best Practices:** Provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts, fostering their development and helping to establish and propagate data science best practices throughout the organization. You will be a key figure in building a strong, data-centric culture.
• • By excelling in this role, you will contribute directly to the creation of reliable, explainable models that demonstrably improve risk assessment and profitability. You will be responsible for developing clear, insightful dashboards and metrics that are actively utilized by leadership, leading to faster, more informed decisions across product development, financial planning, and operational management. Ultimately, you will play a pivotal role in embedding a robust data culture that permeates every level of the organization, driving continuous improvement and sustainable growth.