Machine Learning Developer / Engineer (EST Hours) - Remote

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified
• Company: ISTA Personnel Solutions (Partnering with a USA Client in the Healthcare Industry)

This role is a remote opportunity for South African Citizens to join a rapidly expanding team within a global BPO company. The position requires adherence to USA working hours (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST), which translates to 2:30 PM - 11:30 PM South African time. Applicants must have a fixed fiber internet connection (minimum 25 Mbps upload & download) and a reliable power backup solution to manage load shedding.

Requirements

• Technical Skills:
  • Strong problem-solving and coding skills (beyond basic programming)
  • Experience building machine learning models
  • Proficiency with:
    • Random Forest
    • Gradient Boosting
    • AutoML
  • Advantageous: Experience with Kaggle machine learning competitions
  • Experience: 1-2 years of relevant experience
  • Programming: Python skills for data analysis and building dashboards (Dash, Streamlit, Panel, Bokeh)
• Advantageous Experience:
  • Actuarial Experience
• Ideal Candidate Profile:
  • Background as an engineer or data scientist
  • Ideally with healthcare experience
  • Ability to discuss specific models built, methodologies used, and feature engineering approaches
• Connectivity & Infrastructure:
  • Fixed fiber internet connection (minimum 25 Mbps upload & download)
  • Reliable power backup solution

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement machine learning models to solve complex business problems from the ground up.
• Utilize algorithms such as Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and AutoML to enhance model performance.
• Ensure models are scalable and maintainable.
• Perform detailed data analysis to extract meaningful insights.
• Conduct feature engineering to improve model accuracy.
• Validate and clean data to ensure high-quality datasets for model training.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Collaborate with team members to integrate models into existing systems and workflows.
• Create dashboards and visualizations using Python libraries (Dash, Streamlit, Panel, Bokeh).
• Present data-driven insights through interactive and user-friendly dashboards.
• Provide regular reports on model performance and business impact.
• Apply machine learning techniques to healthcare-specific problems.

Application Instructions

• Eligibility: This role is exclusively for South African Citizens.
• Mandatory Requirements: Applicants without a fixed fiber line (minimum 25 Mbps upload & download) and a reliable power backup solution cannot be considered.
• Follow-up: If you are not contacted within 14 working days, your application will be considered unsuccessful.

Company Information

• Recruiting Company: ISTA Personnel Solutions
• Industry: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
• Client: USA-based Healthcare Client