Data Scientist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, iterate, and take to production machine learning models to predict sports outcomes and solve problems
• Iterate and improve on betting product range to ensure market leading offering
• Continuous improvement in pricing techniques, working with trading teams to optimize predictive and derivative model pricing
• Construct models, analyze data, and develop solutions in response to stakeholder questions or problems
• Manage the data preparation process from collection through cleaning
• Build robust predictive models, demonstrating capabilities in feature and model selection
• Contribute to a production code environment
• Work with decision-makers across the company to understand goals, identify opportunities to leverage data for insights, and improve business results
• Create dashboards and data visualizations for analysis and communication

Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year of industry experience in data science, analytics, or engineering preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data science
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with high proficiency in Python or R, and SQL
• Understanding and application of Bayesian statistics
• Experience building and using models to create production-level products and tools
• Comfortable with command line tools and GitHub
• Object-oriented design and coding skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work across teams, locations, and time zones
• Interest or experience in Sports Gaming and/or Fantasy Sports

Nice to Have

• Interest or experience in Sports Gaming and/or Fantasy Sports

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data science
• At least 1 year of industry experience in data science, analytics, or engineering

Benefits & Perks

• Health plans including options as low as $0 per paycheck, with programs for fertility, family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits
• Generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave)
• Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities based on performance
• 401k with up to a 5% match
• Commuter benefits
• Pet insurance
• Additional benefits available through FanDuel Total Rewards
• Paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays
• Paid sick time in accordance with applicable laws