Specialist Data Scientist

Boardroom Appointments
📍 Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton Convention Centre, South-Africa 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted March 02, 2026

Job Description


Specialist Data Scientist - 3 Month Contract

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist in the development and optimization of market-making models, focusing on equities and equity derivatives.

  • Conduct back testing and research to improve current models and develop new ones.

  • Analyze high-frequency trading data to identify patterns and trends.

  • Implement machine learning techniques, particularly LSTMs and convolutional networks, to predict short-term price movements.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new indicators and models into production environments.

  • Work with AWS infrastructure, including S3 buckets and SageMaker, for data processing and model training.

  • Generate and analyze data samples, including time-based and volume-based sampling.

  • Ensure model robustness by balancing in-sample and out-of-sample results.

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Job Details

  • Location Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton Convention Centre
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Other-General
  • Posted Date March 02, 2026
  • Application Deadline April 11, 2026