Data Scientist

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE ROSTER

At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We're dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does "winning" look like at FanDuel? It's recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work-and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we'll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of "We Are One Team" runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We are looking for a Data Scientist for our Sports Modeling & Innovation team to tackle our most challenging sports modeling problems. The primary responsibility for this position will be modeling basketball players and games. Throughout the lifecycle of a model, from data collection through results, you will create predictive sports models to build tools and dashboards, price markets, and drive actionable insights across FanDuel Group. You will be working closely with the product, risk and trading teams, modeling player performance, team performance, and game outcomes among other challenges You will promote effective communication of model outputs and contribute to a collaborative code environment.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• 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 - both at an individual level and working with trading teams to optimize predictive and derivative model pricing
• Construct models, analyzes and solutions in response to a question or problem posed by a stakeholder or colleague
• Manage the data preparation process from collection through cleaning
• Build robust predictive models, showing capabilities of feature and model selection
• Contribute to a production code environment
• Work with decision-makers across the company to understand their goals, identify opportunities to use data to develop new insights and improve business results
• Create dashboards and data visualizations for analysis and communication

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• 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 preferred
• 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 help 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

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we're committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
• Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
• Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, "We Are One Team!" We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included. We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!

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