Senior Data Scientist
Senior Data Scientist
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19-07-2025
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About the Role
Join our Sportsbook team as a Senior Data Scientist responsible for end-to-end model developmentdesigning deploying and refining predictive and pricing models that power our real-time odds trading decisions and risk management.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and refine statistical and machine learning models to predict outcome probabilities and set accurate prices across a wide range of sports betting markets.
- Extract and engineer features from live feeds (e.g. player stats team form weather betting flow) ensuring data quality and integrity.
- Continuously track model behavior through KPIsP&L hold liability and recalibrate based on findings
- Work closely with Trading Product and Engineering teams to translate business goals into model requirements and ensure successful rollouts.
- Stay up-to-date with sports analytics statistical methods and advanced machine learning; evaluate new methods to keep our models best-in-class.
- Guide junior data scientists and analysts in model design experiments and best practices.
- Collaborate with engineering to deploy models in production via APIs or model engines implementing automated testing for accuracy and drift monitoring.
- Translate model insights into clear recommendations for trading strategies risk limits event-level pricing decisions.
- Ability to uphold and demonstrate the highest level of integrity in all situations and recognize standards required by a regulated business
Qualifications
- Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Data Science or similar.
- 5 years in data science or ML with at least 2 years focused on sportsbook gaming or financial trading models.
- Deep knowledge of probability statistical methods and advanced ML techniques.
- Proficient in Python (NumPy pandas scikit-learn etc).
- Experience with automated model deployment and testing frameworks.
- Strong SQL and data pipeline understanding
- Understanding of betting mechanicsodds formulation overround liability in-play dynamics.
- Excellent problem-solving communication and collaboration skills. Proven track record of influencing product/trading decisions.
Nice to Have
- Avid sports fan
- Prior roles at leading sportsbooks (FanDuel DraftKings BetMGM Fanatics etc.)
- Experience building sports models
- Experience programming in Go
- Experience Sports Betting
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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