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Junior Data Scientist
Pezesha
Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted about 4 hours ago (30 Sep 2026) Updated about 4 hours ago
Job Description
The Junior Data Scientist supports Pezesha’s credit‑scoring platform by preparing data, building predictive models and creating visual insights that help inform lending decisions for MSMEs across Africa.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science or a related field.
- • Proficiency in Python or R and experience with machine‑learning libraries.
- • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- • Ability to work with SQL databases and data visualization tools.
- • Good communication skills and ability to present technical results to non‑technical audiences.
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Collect, clean and preprocess structured and unstructured data sets.
- • Develop and evaluate machine‑learning models for credit risk assessment.
- • Produce dashboards and visual reports to communicate findings to stakeholders.
- • Assist in feature engineering and model optimization.
- • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate models into the platform.
- • Conduct research on emerging data sources and analytical techniques.