Lead Data Scientist at Fanduel

ABOUT FANDUEL GROUP
FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products all built with one goal in mind — to give fans new and innovative ways to interact with their favorite games, sports, teams, and leagues. That’s no easy task, which is why we’re so dedicated to building a winning team. And 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 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.
FanDuel Group is based in New York, with offices in California, New Jersey, Atlanta, Florida, Oregon and Scotland. Our brands include:


FanDuel — A game-changing real-money fantasy sports app

FanDuel Sportsbook — America’s #1 sports betting app

TVG — The best-in-class horse racing TV/media network and betting platform

FanDuel Racing — A horse racing app built for the average sports fan

FanDuel Casino & Betfair Casino — Fan-favorite online casino apps

FOXBet — A world-class betting platform and affiliate of FanDuel Group

PokerStars — The premier online poker product and affiliate of FanDuel Group

THE POSITION Our roster has an opening with your name on it
We are looking for a Lead Data Scientist for our Sports Modeling & Innovation team to tackle our most challenging sports modeling problems. Throughout the lifecycle of a model, from data collection through results, you will create predictive models of sports to build tools and dashboards, price markets, and drive actionable insights across FanDuel Group. You will be working closely with the product and 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 PLANEveryone 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
Choose appropriate tools, systems and models to solve large data problems
Troubleshoot and resolve coding and modeling problems presented by others
Proactively seek opportunities or problems to be analyzed
Lead and contribute to multiple strategic projects
Contribute to group strategy, ensuring they reflect priorities for your team and stakeholders
Put together project plans for the Data Science team to follow
Presents to senior leaders confidently and with impact
Construct models, analyses and solutions in response to a question or problem posed by a stakeholder or colleague
Provide data-driven recommendations to stakeholders, articulating complex technical concepts as necessary
Manage the data preparation process from collection through cleaning
Engage with engineering to build scalable tools to accelerate the conversion of data to insight
Build robust predictive models, showing capabilities of feature and model selection
Work with decision-makers across the company to understand their goals, identify opportunities to use data to develop new insights and improve business results
Bring efficiency and automation in the data infrastructure
Create dashboards and data visualizations for analysis and communication
Opportunity to mentor and or coach more junior data scientists
Communicate process and conclusions seamlessly, tailored to the audience

 
THE STATSWhat we're looking for in our next teammate

6+ years of industry experience in data science, analytics or engineering
Bachelor's Degree in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data science preferred
Expert predictive modeling capabilities
Strong understanding of engineering standards and practices
Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with high proficiency in Python or R, and SQL (or coding language of choice)
Expert in Bayesian statistics
Expert 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
Willing to work non-traditional hours when applicable
Interest or experience in Sports Gaming and/or Fantasy Sports

 
THE CONTRACT We treat our team right
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
Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel
Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms

FanDuel Group is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment.  Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.