Data Scientist Jobs in Cape Town

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tryolabs

tryolabs.com
Tryolabs is a specialized AI and machine learning solutions company that helps companies create business value by partnering with them through their AI journey.
tryolabs.com • Data & Analytics • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2009
Data & Analytics • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2009
$93k – $205k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Analytics
A/B Testing
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Blockchain Capital

blockchaincapital.com
Blockchain Capital is one of the earliest dedicated digital asset venture firms, founded in 2013 in San Francisco. It has invested across many funds in exchanges, infrastructure, decentralised finance and consumer applications. The firm was also a pioneer of tokenised fund structures, issuing a security token to represent limited partner interests.
blockchaincapital.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2013
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2013
Verified live · 3 hours ago 5 days ago

Senior Database Administrator - Core Infrastructure

$68k – $176k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (EU, Europe, United Arab Emirates, South Africa) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Rust
Databases
MariaDB
MySQL
DevOps
CI/CD
GitOps
HAProxy
Kubernetes
Terraform
ArgoCD
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
GitHub
GitLab
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Open 102 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 3 months ago

Senior Database Administrator

$80k – $147k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Rust
Databases
Milvus
OpenSearch
pgvector
PostgreSQL
Qdrant
Weaviate
AI/ML
Embeddings
Hybrid Search
Recommender Systems
DevOps
CI/CD
GitOps
HAProxy
Kubernetes
Terraform
Vector
ArgoCD
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
GitHub
GitLab
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Odaia

odaia.ai
ODAIA is developing cutting-edge predictive analytics AI platforms to facilitate improved health journeys by enhancing interactions with healthcare providers and the pharma industry.
odaia.ai • Pharmaceuticals • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2018
Pharmaceuticals • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2018
Verified live · 8 hours ago 10 days ago

Data Engineer - Odaia Intelligence Inc.

$76k – $170k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote • Middle
Python
SQL
Databases
DynamoDB
Snowflake
AI/ML
Claude
Dagster
Together AI
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
API Gateway
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Marketing
Salesforce
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Pavago

pavago.co
Pavago is an offshore recruitment and staffing firm that helps small and medium-sized businesses source, hire, and manage pre-vetted remote talent from regions like Latin America, South Asia, and Africa. Headquartered in the United States, the company specializes in placing remote professionals across functional areas including operations, product management, software engineering, digital marketing, and customer support.
pavago.co • HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Professional Services • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Professional Services • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 1 day ago 13 days ago

Embedded Python Data & Automation Engineer

Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (South Africa) • Middle
Python
SQL
DevOps
Git
Management
Slack
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Open 118 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 3 months ago

Data Entry Specialist

Junior • 1+ year exp • Remote (Kenya, South Africa) • Junior
SQL
Cybersecurity
GDPR
HIPAA
Management
Airtable
Marketing
HubSpot
Salesforce
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Sand Technologies

sandtechholdings.com
Sand Technologies (Sand Tech Holdings) is a global artificial intelligence and digital transformation company that partners with governments, cities, and enterprises to modernize critical infrastructure across healthcare, telecommunications, water, energy, and public systems. The company develops enterprise-grade data platforms, digital twin solutions, and specialized software - such as its Health Operating System (HOS) - to enable real-time operational decision-making in complex environments. Headquartered with operations spanning Africa, Europe, the UK, and the US, it also collaborates with initiative networks like ALX to train digital tech talent and deploy forward-deployed engineering teams worldwide.
sandtechholdings.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Information Technology
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Information Technology
Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 month ago

Senior Data Scientist

Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Africa) • Master's Degree • Senior
Anomaly Detection
Time Series Forecasting
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Pixelogicmedia

pixelogicmedia.com
Pixelogic Media is a company that provides distribution solutions for studios, broadcasters, and digital retailers. The company offers services in language & access, as well as distribution. Pixelogic Media was founded in 2016 and is headquartered...
pixelogicmedia.com • London • Seoul • Tokyo • 6th of October City • Cairo • Film Production • Film Distribution • Media & Entertainment
London • Seoul • Tokyo • 6th of October City • Cairo • Film Production • Film Distribution • Media & Entertainment
Middle • 3+ years expIn office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
SQL
Databases
Microsoft Fabric
DevOps
Azure
Azure DevOps
Git
Analytics
Power BI
ETL/ELT
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Lula

lula.co.za
Lula is a South African fintech founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cape Town. It provides working capital and business banking to small companies. The company was previously known as Lulalend.
lula.co.za • HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • Banking • Financial Services • Seafood • 51-200 employees • Est. 2014
HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • Banking • Financial Services • Seafood • 51-200 employees • Est. 2014
Verified live · 1 day ago 20 days ago

Principal Data Engineer

Lead • In office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Principal
Java
Python
Scala
SQL
Java
Flyway
Liquibase
Databases
Apache Kafka
Azure Cosmos DB
MS SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Copilot
LLM
dbt
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Azure DevOps
CI/CD
GCP
Terraform
GitLab
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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Verified live · 1 day ago 20 days ago

Credit Risk Data Scientist

Junior • 2+ years expIn office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Junior
Python
SQL
Databases
Snowflake
DevOps
Azure
GitHub
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Impact Tech

impact.com
impact.com (Impact Tech, Inc.) is an enterprise partnership management platform headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Founded in 2008 (originally as Impact Radius) by Per Pettersen, Wade Crang, Roger Kjensrud, Lisa Riolo, Marc Diana, and Todd Crawford, the company provides a global SaaS platform designed to automate and scale the full partnership lifecycle. Its software streamlines partner discovery, contract management, tracking, fraud protection, and automated cross-border payments across diverse channel types - including affiliate marketing, influencer management, brand-to-brand partnerships, mobile app referrals, and publisher commerce content.
impact.com • HQ: Santa Barbara, United States • Media & Entertainment • Software • Influencers • Sales & Marketing • Est. 2008
HQ: Santa Barbara, United States • Media & Entertainment • Software • Influencers • Sales & Marketing • Est. 2008
Open 198 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago

Senior Data Scientist, Product Data

Equity • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Senior
Python
SQL
Python
pySpark
Databases
FAISS
Google BigQuery
Neo4j
Pinecone
Weaviate
PostgreSQL
Databricks
ElasticSearch
Milvus
pgvector
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Embeddings
LightGBM
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
XGBoost
Transformers
BERT
Multimodal AI
NLP
Semantic Search
Sentence-Transformers
Spark
Vertex AI
OpenAI
Recommender Systems
Semantic Search
DevOps
CI/CD
Vector
GCP
Google Cloud Run
Analytics
A/B Testing
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Lead Data Scientist, Fraud Modelling

Equity • Lead • 5+ years expIn office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Staff
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
LightGBM
Scikit-learn
XGBoost
Time Series Forecasting
Spark
Vertex AI
DevOps
GCP
Google Cloud Run
Rest API
Analytics
A/B Testing
ETL/ELT
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Open 187 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago

Principal Data Scientist, Fraud Modelling

Equity • Lead • 5+ years expIn office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Principal
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
LightGBM
Scikit-learn
XGBoost
Time Series Forecasting
Spark
Vertex AI
DevOps
GCP
Google Cloud Run
Rest API
Analytics
A/B Testing
ETL/ELT
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Moniepoint Group

moniepoint.com
Moniepoint Inc. is a leading financial technology company that provides a seamless platform for businesses, their employees and customers, to accept payments digitally, receive credit and access business management tools that enable them to grow with ease. We are the parent company of TeamApt Ltd and Moniepoint MFB and we support over 1,800,000 businesses to process $12 billion monthly through our digital payment acceptance channels. For our work in making digital payment accessible to businesses in emerging markets, our Nigerian subsidiary was awarded the National Inclusive Payment Initiative Award by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
moniepoint.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Financial Services • Payments • FinTech • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2015
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Financial Services • Payments • FinTech • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2015
Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago

Data Scientist (Fraud)

Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (South Africa) • Middle
Python
SQL
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
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Ozow

ozow.com
Ozow is a South African fintech founded in 2014 and based in Cape Town. Its platform enables instant bank-to-bank payments without cards. The service is used by major South African retailers.
ozow.com • HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • FinTech • Payments • Financial Services • Est. 2014
HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • FinTech • Payments • Financial Services • Est. 2014
2 months ago

Senior Data Engineer

Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
DevOps
AWS
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Huzzle

huzzle.app
Huzzle is an early careers platform connecting students, societies, and employers. Starting out as a CRM for pre-professional student societies, Huzzle has evolved into the university career companion used by over 100,000 talents in the UK.
huzzle.app • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Professional Services • Education • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Professional Services • Education • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Data Engineer

Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines) • Full-Time • Middle
Java
Python
Scala
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Databricks
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
AI/ML
Prefect
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions is a division of LexisNexis Legal & Professional that provides AI-powered software, analytics, and curated patent data for managing intellectual property workflows. The platform suite offers tools like PatentSight, PatentAdvisor, and TotalPatent One, enabling organizations to evaluate technology landscapes, optimize patent prosecution, and benchmark innovation strength. Serving corporations, law firms, investors, and government bodies, the company helps global decision-makers align IP strategies with business goals and evaluate market risks.
lexisnexisip.com • Dayton • Raleigh • Johannesburg • Toronto • Paris • Security Compliance • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
Dayton • Raleigh • Johannesburg • Toronto • Paris • Security Compliance • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
Open 153 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 5 months ago

Data Engineer III

Middle • In office (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Java
Python
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Teradata
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Analytics
Tableau
ETL/ELT
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RELX

relx.com
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Tracing its roots back to 1880 and formerly known as Reed Elsevier, the publicly traded conglomerate operates across four primary business segments: Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions.
relx.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Media & Entertainment • Analytics Platforms • Publishing • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Media & Entertainment • Analytics Platforms • Publishing • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
Open 153 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 5 months ago

Data Engineer III

Middle • In office (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Java
Python
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Teradata
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Analytics
Tableau
ETL/ELT
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Data Scientist Jobs in Cape Town
Frequently asked questions
How many Data Scientist jobs in Cape Town are available on Alion?
There are currently 9 active listings from 6 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
Which companies are hiring for Data Scientist jobs in Cape Town?
6 vetted startups and product companies are currently hiring on Alion.
Are remote options available for Data Scientist jobs in Cape Town?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
How do I apply for Data Scientist jobs in Cape Town?
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