Specialist Data Scientist

Boardroom Appointments • sandton, gauteng, South-Africa • Posted June 11, 2026

Location sandton, gauteng
Job Type Full-time
Category Database, Analytics & BI
Posted June 11, 2026

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.

Experience

5-7 years of experience in data analytics, machine ...

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