Job Title: Data Scientist
Are you someone who combines:
✔ Strong programming skills
✔ Solid business intuition
✔ A self-driven, analytical mindset
If yes, this role might be for you. Your mission: transform large, complex datasets into actionable insights and smarter business decisions. You’ll join a collaborative team that leverages cloud-based data platforms, advanced visualization, and machine learning to drive real impact across the organization.
What you’ll be doing
Apply machine learning, optimization, and AI techniques to deliver measurable improvements to the business.
Test hypotheses, run analyses, and provide recommendations that guide decision-making.
Communicate insights clearly to stakeholders at different levels.
Champion a culture of data-driven decision-making.
Build strong relationships across the business to understand context and challenges.
What we’re looking for
Education:
A degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or Engineering).
Experience:
0-5 years in data science, software development, or a quantitative analysis role.
Exposure to (or eagerness to learn) tools and techniques such as:
Programming: Python or R (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, tidyverse, etc.)
Data handling: SQL, relational databases, and data modeling
Exploratory data analysis and statistical methods
Machine learning techniques: regression, clustering, neural networks, decision trees, time series, deep learning
Optimization methods: linear programming, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing
Big data platforms: Spark
Visualization tools: Excel, Tableau, Power BI
Software practices: version control (Git), reproducibility, deployment
Generative AI: LLMs and advanced AI approaches for innovative solutions
How we work
The Data Science team partners closely with BI, data engineering, automation, and other tech functions.
Hybrid work model (typically remote on Mondays and Fridays).
Majority project-based work (80%+) with some solution support (~20%).
Expect ownership of a key part of projects, regular updates to leadership, and plenty of collaboration.
Innovation is encouraged team hackathons and internal challenges are part of the culture.
Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
