ISTA Personnel Solutions is recruiting a hands-on Python Developer to support a U.S.-based client in the nursing industry. This fully remote role involves daily Python scripting and data wrangling, focusing on writing scripts from scratch, manipulating data, and building ad hoc data pipelines and API integrations.
What You'll Do
- Write clean, efficient Python scripts to process, clean, and analyze datasets.
- Perform daily data wrangling using Pandas and NumPy.
- Extract and integrate data from APIs and external systems.
- Conduct statistical analysis and identify trends or anomalies in datasets.
- Build and maintain lightweight data pipelines and analytical workflows.
- Collaborate with team members to solve data challenges and improve processes.
- Contribute to maintaining clear, well-documented, and maintainable code.
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of professional experience working with Pandas and NumPy for data manipulation.
- 1+ year of professional experience using Scikit-Learn.
- Strong experience with Matplotlib and statistical data analysis.
- Strong Python development and scripting skills with the ability to write code from scratch.
- Experience working with structured and unstructured datasets, including data cleaning, transformation, and analysis.
- Solid understanding of Python data structures, indexing, and data operations.
- Experience working with APIs and JSON data.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to debug data workflows.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively within a remote team environment.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative remote environment.
Nice to Have
- Experience using Scikit-Learn for basic machine learning tasks.
- Familiarity with statistical analysis techniques (e.g., outlier detection, distribution analysis).
- Experience working with large or messy datasets.
- Exposure to Power BI or other reporting tools.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, XGBoost, or PyTorch.
Technical Stack
- Python, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, Matplotlib
- APIs, JSON
- Microsoft Azure, XGBoost, PyTorch
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position, open to candidates in South Africa. You will be expected to work EST hours.
