# Data Scientist – Personalization | Yassir | South Africa

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Company: Yassir

Category: Information & Communication Technology

Location: South Africa, Johannesburg or Cape Town

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: Hybrid

Published: 2026-10-14

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## Job Description

Yassir is recruiting a Data Scientist for personalization and recommendation engines in its AI team. This is a full-time, hybrid role whose advertised locations include Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The work covers data analysis, feature engineering, model training and validation, deployment through Yassir’s MLOps infrastructure, monitoring business and technical results, and collaboration with product and engineering teams. Applicants can select their preferred location on the employer’s application form. Salary and application deadline: not stated by the employer. Direct application: https://jobs.lever.co/Yassir/9ca82566-8bac-471e-9545-baa8ef759d1f/apply

## Requirements

Yassir requires a master’s degree or higher in a relevant quantitative subject such as mathematics, statistics, data science, machine learning, computer science or software engineering. Candidates need at least three years of industry experience with production-quality Python and SQL, previous personalization and evaluation modelling experience, sound statistics and software engineering skills, cloud data or ML service experience, and professional English communication. Google Cloud Platform experience is preferred. Delivery, mobility, financial services and digital product ML experience are listed as advantages.

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