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Data Scientist

Whatsapp Print PDF X Linked-in Facebook Remuneration: market-related Location: Cape Town, George Job level: Junior Type: Permanent Reference: BH-509 Company: Badger Holdings Data Scientist (1-3 Years Of Relevant Experience) George, Western Cape | On-site, office-based At Badger Holdings, we use data to solve practical insurance challenges. We’re looking for a Junior Data Scientist who enjoys working with data, asks thoughtful questions and wants to build experience in machine learning. About Th…

Data Scientist

* Whatsapp * Print * PDF * X * Linked-in * Facebook Remuneration: market-related Location: Cape Town, George Job level: Junior Type: Permanent Reference: #BH-509 Company: Badger Holdings Data Scientist (1-3 Years Of Relevant Experience) George, Western Cape | On-site, office-based At Badger Holdings, we use data to solve practical insurance challenges. We’re looking for a Junior Data Scientist who enjoys working with data, asks thoughtful questions and wants to build experience in machine learning. About The Role You’ll contribute to data science projects, from preparing data and exploring patterns to building and testing models. With guidance from the team, you’ll develop your skills, take responsibility for assigned tasks and learn how models are deployed and maintained. What You’ll Do * Explore datasets to identify patterns and answer business questions. * Build and test statistical and machine learning models with guidance from the team. * Support model deployment and help monitor performance over time. * Help investigate data issues and troubleshoot model outputs. * Keep clear records of your analysis, code and modelling decisions. * Contribute to dashboards and reports, and explain your findings to business teams. What you’ll need: * A degree in data science or a related quantitative field. * 1–3 years of relevant experience in data science, analytics or machine learning. * Practical experience using Python or R, and SQL to work with data. * An understanding of statistics, common machine learning methods and model evaluation. * The ability to explain your findings clearly and ask for guidance when needed. * Careful attention to data quality and a willingness to learn from feedback Experience that would be an advantage: Exposure to insurance or financial services, Snowflake, or BI tools such as Power BI, Qlik Sense or Tableau would be useful. Familiarity with claims modelling, survival analysis, time series forecasting or model deployment would also be an advantage. These are not essential requirements. Why join us? Build your experience on practical insurance projects in a company that supports new ideas and professional growth. Based in George, you’ll have the mountains and coast close by while developing your career in data science. Interested? Apply for our Data Scientist role. Posted on 27 Oct 15:03, Closing date 25 Nov

Data Scientist

* Whatsapp * Print * PDF * X * Linked-in * Facebook Remuneration: market-related Location: George Job level: Mid Type: Permanent Reference: #BH-508 Company: Badger Holdings Data Scientist (5+ years of relevant exp required) George, Western Cape | On-site, office-based At Badger Holdings, we use data to solve practical insurance challenges. We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist who can take ownership of machine learning projects and turn business questions into solutions that work in practice. About The Role * You’ll manage the full machine learning lifecycle, from preparing data and developing models to deployment, monitoring and ongoing improvement. You’ll work independently, take responsibility for your solutions and present findings clearly to business teams. What you’ll do: * Prepare, clean and transform data, and engineer features for modelling. * Explore data to identify patterns and guide model development. * Build, validate and deploy machine learning models. * Monitor model performance, investigate drift and retrain models when needed. * Troubleshoot deployed solutions and maintain reliable pipelines. * Document models, pipelines and processes so others can understand and maintain them. * Create dashboards and reporting tools that help business teams use your finding What you’ll need: * A degree or honours qualification in data science. * At least 5 years’ experience in insurance or financial services. * At least 5 years of hands-on machine learning experience, covering data preparation through to deployment. * Proven experience with Python or R, and SQL/Snowflake. * Experience in claims modelling and survival analysis. * A strong foundation in statistical modelling and time series forecasting. Experience that would be an advantage Short-term insurance experience, exposure to machine learning platforms, and proficiency in BI tools such as Power BI, Qlik Sense or Tableau. Why join us? Bring your ideas to a company that supports innovation and professional growth. Based in George, you’ll have the mountains and coast close by, with the opportunity to build a career in data science outside a major city. Interested? Apply now!!! Posted on 27 Oct 14:59, Closing date 25 Nov

Product Manager

Product ManagerAbout the Role We are looking for a sharp, technically fluent Product Manager to bridge the gap between our customers, our advisory team, and engineering, turning real-world client needs; for both our internal products and solutions we build for customers, into products that ships. This isn't a role where you write specs and wait. You will dig into the technical weeds with engineers, work closely with our advisory team to understand what customers actually need, and use AI tools …

Senior UX Designer

The role As a Senior User Experience Designer, you are an integral part of a client-facing cross-functional team working in Lean Agile ways of working. You are responsible for understanding the needs of clients and customers and designing ways to deliver value to them. You are a people person, and as a trusted advisor, you develop rapport with your clients and your team. You are a master facilitator who loves simplifying complexity at various levels of the organisation and has the humility to learn what you don't know. You're proactive in championing user needs and creating opportunities for customer research early and often. You take the team on the journey with you, so you're building the right thing together. You expertly switch between your divergent and convergent hats and use your craft to produce designs at various levels of fidelity to bring the vision to life. You are comfortable working closely with Product and Technology teams to build the thing right, iterating fast and often. Key Responsibilities Discipline expertise * + Auditing existing user experience + Prototyping at various levels of fidelity - from paper to hi-fi click-throughs + Design the user experience from discovery through to delivery + Conducting user research and user testing early, often and throughout delivery + Designing and facilitating workshops and design sprints Collaborative leader * + Coaching your team and your clients on Design Thinking, Lean, and Human-Centred Design + Working with Product Directors for sales activities + Consulting product stakeholders with backlog prioritisation Client influencer * + Communicate your designs and decisions with a broad range of stakeholders + Aligning a broad range of stakeholders on the product strategy and desired outcomes + Advocating and introducing user-centred processes to your clients + Become a trusted advisor to your clients by collaborating with them to deliver business and user value Build Red Badger's product capability * + Support and mentor user experience designer and motivate them to develop + Proactively share knowledge with the rest of the team and elevate the UX and Product discipline within Red Badger + Support the development of Red Badgers product approach and strategy + Write and speak publicly about our design work and practices Your experience * It'd be great if you, * + Have experience of working in lean/agile environments + Have in-depth knowledge of Human-Centred Design and Design Thinking + Advised engineers, insights and QA on UX practices as part of a cross-functional team + Worked with clients, presenting design concepts and running workshops + Can lead UX activities on a project + Have working knowledge of industry-standard tools, such as Sketch/Figma, plus aptitude to learn and introduce new tools and methodologies + Have experience designing mobile-first responsive sites \& mobile native apps + Can plan and run user testing at various levels of fidelity - from guerilla user testing to lab testing + Are able to work closely as part of a cross-functional team as the sole UX Designer * Optionally, it'd be amazing if you also * + Can leverage your understanding of front-end development to inform your design decisions + Apply product management principles to support the design and delivery of digital products + Apply Service Design methodologies surface insights, design and test experiences to inform the development of digital products + Influence Product Strategy to develop, build and test new business opportunities + Leverage emerging technologies to enhance the user experience Diversity and Inclusion Red Badger is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire, employ, train, promote and compensate regardless of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, creed and colour. We are fully focused on equality, and we believe the fascinating characteristics that make us all different enable us to continue doing amazing work for our clients.

Data Scientist 1-3 years exp | On-site | George, Western Cape

Data Scientist (1-3 Years Of Relevant Experience) George, Western Cape | On-site, office-based At Badger Holdings, we use data to solve practical insurance challenges. We’re looking for a Junior Data Scientist who enjoys working with data, asks thoughtful questions and wants to build experience in machine learning. About The Role You’ll contribute to data science projects, from preparing data and exploring patterns to building and testing models. With guidance from the team, you’ll develop your skills, take responsibility for assigned tasks and learn how models are deployed and maintained. What You’ll Do * Explore datasets to identify patterns and answer business questions. * Build and test statistical and machine learning models with guidance from the team. * Support model deployment and help monitor performance over time. * Help investigate data issues and troubleshoot model outputs. * Keep clear records of your analysis, code and modelling decisions. * Contribute to dashboards and reports, and explain your findings to business teams.

Data Engineer

* Whatsapp * Print * PDF * X * Linked-in * Facebook Remuneration: market-related Location: Cape Town, George Job level: Mid Type: Permanent Reference: #BH-507 Company: Badger Holdings Job Description Data Engineer George, Western Cape | On-site Help Shape Our Next Data Platform We’re modernising our data platform and looking for an experienced Data Engineer to help build it. You’ll work with analysts, data scientists and business teams to build reliable pipelines, develop well-structured data models and make data easier to use across the business. We’re moving from legacy systems to a cloud-native stack using Estuary, dbt, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Snowflake. There’s plenty to work through, and you’ll have a say in the architecture, tools and engineering practices we put in place. If you enjoy getting into the detail, solving problems and seeing your work put to use, we’d like to hear from you. What You’ll Work On * Design and build scalable ELT pipelines that bring together data from multiple sources. * Develop and maintain data models using dbt. * Optimise Snowflake models and workloads for performance and cost. * Turn raw data into reliable datasets for reporting and advanced analytics. * Build in data quality checks, monitoring and alerts so issues are picked up early. * Help plan and deliver the migration from legacy systems to the new platform. * Apply sound engineering practices, including testing, CI/CD and code reviews. * Work with technical and business teams to understand what they need and deliver practical solutions. * Contribute to documentation and engineering standards, and support junior engineers as they develop. What You’ll Need * A relevant tertiary qualification: a diploma or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Engineering or a closely related field. * At least four years’ experience in data engineering or a similar role. * Strong SQL skills, including experience with complex transformations and query optimisation. * Proficiency in Python or a similar language for data processing and automation. * Experience building ELT pipelines in a cloud environment such as AWS, Azure or GCP. * Hands-on experience with a modern data warehouse such as Snowflake or Azure Synapse. * Experience using data transformation or orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow or Dagster. * Experience working with structured and semi-structured data, including JSON and Parquet. * A sound understanding of data governance, security and data quality practices. You should be comfortable taking responsibility for your work, explaining technical decisions and working through problems with people across the business. Experience That Would Be Useful * Estuary or other data integration and change data capture tools. * Streaming technologies such as Kafka or Spark Streaming. * BI tools such as Qlik, Power BI, Looker or Tableau. * Qlik Replicate, Qlik Compose or similar tools. * Agile delivery using Jira or Azure DevOps. * DevOps practices or relevant cloud, Snowflake or dbt certifications. What makes this role interesting: You’ll join a growing data function at a point where your experience can help shape how the platform develops. Alongside building pipelines and models, you’ll contribute to architecture decisions, establish working practices and mentor junior engineers. It’s an opportunity to work with a modern stack and see the effect of your work across the business. Interested? If this sounds like the kind of work you’d enjoy, apply today! Posted on 26 Oct 16:06, Closing date 24 Nov

DevOps Engineer - Citizen

Title: DevOps Engineer Clearance: US citizenship is required to obtain clearance Location: Sterling, VA(Onsite attendance every Wednesday is mandatory.) Interview process: 2 virtual + 1 onsite is a must Design \& Development * Maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines \& tools for an enterprise scale system with a large developer base * Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code artifacts * Maintain container-based application solutions * Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python etc.) to automate DevOps processes * Work with development teams to troubleshoot specific issues by recreating tests, validating configuration, etc. * Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in cloud environments. Operations * Maintain, monitor, and help improve the performance and availability of the 24x7 production environment including networks, servers, databases, etc. * Administer network monitoring system, alerting, log management, and other IT systems * Participate in on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during emergencies, outages, and service transitions * Manage operational maintenance such as OS patches, security vulnerabilities etc. to ensure healthy status of various prod and non-prod environments Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field * Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially with Jenkins using Groovy * Hands-on experience with container-based technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, OpenShift * Hands-on experience with AWS managed services (VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS), including monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, NewRelic * Familiarity with configuration management using Chef, Puppet or equivalent * Proficient scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python) * Solid understanding of microservice concepts * Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion) * Experience maintaining Java/Node web applica Job Type: Full-time Pay: From $100,000.00 per year Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sterling, VA 20166

Creative Designer