Underdog Fantasy
Underdog Fantasy is one of the fastest-growing fantasy sports companies on the market.
Staff Data Scientist
Location
United States
Posted
128 days ago
Salary
$180K - $210K / year
Postgraduate Degree2 yrs expEnglishAirflowAWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonSQL
Job Description
• Collaborate with other data scientists to build and iterate on models for personalized recommendations, targeting, and user segmentation.
• Lead personalization initiatives that span modeling, experimentation, and implementation to improve user experience and retention.
• Build and deploy machine learning models such as recommendation systems, targeting algorithms, segmentation, and ranking models.
• Design and analyze A/B tests and other experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of personalization strategies.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data Engineering to bring personalization models into production.
• Develop clean, maintainable code and contribute to reusable pipelines, feature stores, and evaluation frameworks.
• Translate data insights into compelling stories and actionable strategies for technical and non-technical audiences.
Job Requirements
- A degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain. MS degree preferred.
- 2+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related technical role.
- Hands-on experience with recommendation engines, targeting systems, ranking models, or personalization algorithms.
- Strong proficiency in Python for modeling and data manipulation. Advanced SQL skills and experience querying large, complex datasets.
- Solid foundation in statistics, hypothesis testing, and experimental design.
- Familiarity with cloud-based tools and platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow).
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally and influence product decisions with data.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO for full-time employees (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- A $500 home office allowance
- A connected virtual-first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
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