Machine Learning Developer / Engineer (est Hours) Remote

South Africa, South Africa

Job Description


ISTA Personnel Solutions South Africa - we are a global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, partnering with a USA Client in the Healthcare Industry and are in search of a Machine Learning Developer / Engineer to join a rapidly expanding team, working remotely.PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

  • Working Hours: This role requires you to work USA hours, Mon - Fri, from 8:30am to 5:30pm EST time (2:30pm to 11h30pm South African time. NOTE: These hours are subject to change depending on daylight savings and/or the operational requirements of the company.)
  • Work Environment: This is a remote role for South African Citizens only.
  • Internet Requirements: A fixed fibre line with a minimum speed of 25 Mbps (upload & download) and the ability to support a wired Ethernet connection is mandatory. Applicants without a fixed fibre line cannot be considered.
  • Power Backup: A reliable power backup solution is required to manage load shedding and power outages. Applicants without a power backup cannot be considered.
RequirementsRequired Skills:
  • Strong problem-solving and coding skills, more than just a programmer.
  • Experience building machine learning models.
Ideally have experience with:
  • Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, AutoML.
  • Performing well on Kaggle machine learning competitions (advantageous).
  • 1-2 years of relevant experience.
  • Python skills for data analysis and building dashboards with libraries like Dash, Streamlit, Panel, Bokeh.
  • Actuarial experience would be an advantage.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
  • Background as an engineer or data scientist, ideally with healthcare experience.
  • Able to discuss specific models built, methodologies used, and feature engineering approaches.
Duties and responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement machine learning models to solve complex business problems from the ground up.
  • Use algorithms such as Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and AutoML to enhance model performance.
  • Ensure models are scalable and maintainable.
  • Perform detailed data analysis to extract meaningful insights.
  • Conduct feature engineering to improve model accuracy.
  • Validate and clean data to ensure high-quality datasets for model training.
  • Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
  • Collaborate with team members to integrate models into existing systems and workflows.
  • Create dashboards and visualizations using Python libraries such as Dash, Streamlit, Panel, and Bokeh.
  • Present data-driven insights through interactive and user-friendly dashboards.
  • Provide regular reports on model performance and business impact.
  • Apply machine learning techniques to healthcare-specific problems.
If you are not contacted with 14 working days for this role, please consider your application unsuccessful.

ISTA Personnel Solutions

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1408277
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    South Africa, South Africa
  • Education
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