Senior Data Scientist - NLP

Our client is seeking a highly analytical and innovative Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to join their expanding team in Rustenburg . This role is critical for unlocking insights from unstructured text data, developing intelligent applications, and driving data-informed decision-making across the organization. You will work with complex datasets, applying advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to solve challenging business problems.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to impactful projects and grow your career in a supportive and technologically advanced environment.

• Develop and deploy advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) models for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and question answering.
• Clean, transform, and analyze large, complex datasets of unstructured text data.
• Design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses and validate models.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate NLP capabilities into client-facing applications and internal tools.
• Communicate findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through clear visualizations and presentations.

• Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Linguistics, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience in applying NLP techniques and building models using libraries like NLTK, spaCy, Transformers (Hugging Face).
• Proficiency in Python and experience with data science libraries such as Pandas, Num Py, Scikit-learn.
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and experimental design.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with experience presenting complex findings.

• Competitive salary and bonus structure.
• Opportunities for professional development and attending industry conferences.
• Comprehensive health insurance and other employee benefits.
• Work on cutting-edge NLP projects in Rustenburg .
• A dynamic and collaborative team culture that encourages innovation.