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Data Scientist

Pepkor Lifestyle|Posted 10 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Data scientist
Other roles:Data engineer, Machine learning engineer
Experience in role:5+ years
Language proficiency:English
Must-have skills:
    SAS
    Python
    SQL

Location and salary

Remote policy:Hybrid
Location of job:Sandton, South Africa
Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident
Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa
Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join our hands-on, practical team where we build solutions that make a real impact. We're not just model builders—we're problem-solvers who partner closely with colleagues across the business. You'll build and deploy statistical and machine learning models using SAS, Python, and SQL, design AI-driven solutions to tackle complex challenges, and own the full data lifecycle from discovery to analysis. Working primarily in AWS and SAS Viya environments, you'll create clear visualizations and dashboards to communicate your findings and drive decision-making. We're looking for someone with strong practical experience in SAS, Python, and SQL, backed by an advanced degree (Honours, Master's, or PhD) in a quantitative field. You'll need deep theoretical understanding of statistics and modeling—not just how to run models, but why you choose them. Your proven track record should include building and deploying ML models, strong data wrangling skills, familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS and large-scale environments like SAS Viya, and experience using visualization tools to tell compelling data stories. Our culture thrives on curiosity, partnership, and ownership. We want team players who are hungry to learn, treat mistakes as learning opportunities, and genuinely enjoy solving difficult problems. You'll work closely with colleagues to understand their needs before writing code, own your work from start to finish, actively share knowledge, and celebrate wins together. If you're intensely curious, love digging into complex problems, and find satisfaction in the work itself—not just the final result—you'll fit right in with our team.

About Pepkor Lifestyle

1000+ employees

Pepkor Lifestyle provides value conscious mass-market customers in Southern Africa the opportunity and means to create a comfortable lifestyle, through its diversified retail and consumer finance businesses. We are differentiated and diversified retailer of Furniture, Household appliances, Consumer electronic and technology goods. In addition, we are a leading consumer finance business providing innovative financial services focusing on Pepkor Lifestyle's retail customer base.

Join our incredible team in any of the following divisions:

  • Pepkor Lifestyle Retail

The Pepkor Lifestyle Traditional Retail Division is where we help South Africans create their dream homes. Join the team that offers affordable long lasting furniture & appliances. Our Brands include: Bradlows, Rochester, Russells and Sleepmasters.

Be part of the team who brings the latest technology from Incredible Connection , as well as the lowest prices from HiFi Corp, to the South African Electronics and Appliance market.

  • Pepkor Lifestyle Corporate

Join the team that provides customers in Southern Africa with the opportunity to live a comfortable lifestyle.

Perks at Pepkor Lifestyle

Hybrid Working Model

Tech Stack

application and data

Javascript
Javascript
HTML5
HTML5
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
ASP.NET
ASP.NET

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