Data Scientist

Sheikh Data employs 220 people across engineering hubs in Karachi and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems licence our asset management platform under multi-year contracts.

Role overview:

Sheikh Data needs someone comfortable with both statistics and production code. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Pakistan. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

Responsibilities:

• Review peers' analyses for statistical correctness
• Pull and shape data with SQL from Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks
• Segment customers and build churn and lifetime value models
• Work with ML engineers to move models into production and monitor drift
• Package reusable code instead of leaving it in one-off notebooks
• Translate vague business questions into problems the data can actually answer
• Build predictive models in Python using scikit-learn, XGBoost or LightGBM
• Develop time series forecasts with Prophet, statsmodels or gradient-boosted approaches

What you need:

• 2+ years of applied data science experience
• Solid grasp of statistical inference, regression and experimental design
• Familiarity with Git and working in shared codebases
• Strong Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL
• Data visualization in matplotlib, seaborn, Plotly or a BI tool

Preferred qualifications:

• MLflow or another experiment tracking tool
• Bayesian methods with PyMC or Stan
• Causal inference beyond A/B testing
• Spark for large datasets

Compensation: PKR 195,000 - PKR 245,000 per month

Why work with us:

• Medical insurance
• Provident fund
• Paid leave
• Two bonuses a year
• Fuel allowance
• Life insurance

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Sheikh Data (Pvt.) Ltd..