Data Scientist (Lead)

Salt • Python • SQL • 23 days ago

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$55k per year

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In office (Cape Town)

Seniority

Staff · 4+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 8, 2026. Salt scores C on the Alion truth index.

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Salt

Founded in 2009, Salt is a global digital talent, recruitment, and workforce consultancy specializing in technology, creative, marketing, and sales staffing. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom - with an international network of offices spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America - the agency serves fast-scaling startups, mid-market companies, and multinational enterprises. Through its permanent and contract recruitment models, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), nearshore/offshore talent delivery (Salt: Labs), and strategic HR advisory services, it enables organizations to build, scale, and manage high-performing teams across AI, technology, and digital transformation initiatives.

welovesalt.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Recruiting & Staffing • Human Resources • Professional Services • 201-500 employees • Est. 2009

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Data Scientist (Lead)

Ref: JO-2609-363209

South Africa, Cape Town
Data, AI and Machine Learning, Technology
IT
50 - 249 Employees
ZAR 918,000.00 - ZAR 1,000,000.00 per annum

Environment:
Hybrid
Contract Type:
Permanent
Starts:
2026-12-01

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Data Scientist

A Data Science role for someone who wants to stay close to the technology while having real influence over what gets built.

You’ll work within a Marketing Intelligence environment, leading the development of ML/AI solutions, predictive models and data products that improve marketing performance, customer experience and commercial outcomes.

What they’re looking for:

- 4+ years’ experience in Data Science / Machine Learning

Strong Python, SQL, BigQuery & GCP

- Experience working within a marketing team, or as a Data Scientist with strong marketing / marketing data experience

- Strong predictive and statistical modelling experience

- Comfortable in a client-facing environment, translating technical work into clear business value for senior stakeholders

A strong opportunity for someone who wants to build, lead and still stay hands-on with meaningful Data Science work.

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