Data Scientist

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sportradar

Sportradar is the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media and betting.

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Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description

OVERVIEW:


As a Data Scientist in Sportradar's AI unit, you will work withing an established, high performing team of experts on the design, development and deployment of predictive models and algorithms powering Spotradar’s products.  You will leverage Sportradar's extensive sports datasets, betting transaction data and user interaction data collected through Sportradar's products and services reaching millions of end-users across the globe.

The position will be focused on the development of AI and advanced analytics solutions for sportsbook risk management and liquidity driven odds trading, collaborating closely with product owners and technical leads in our Managed Trading Services and Odds Services product domains.

Sportradar is a global leader in understanding and leveraging the power of sports data for hundreds of business customers around the world, in turn entertaining millions of sports enthusiasts. 

 

THE CHALLENGE:

  • Analyse and explore data using statistical analysis tools and scripting.
  • Develop machine learning or statistical models for use in our sportsbook risk management and odds trading products and services.
  • Rigorously validate methods, models, algorithms and hypotheses using back-testing on historical data and/or simulations.
  • Bring models into production leveraging our AI platform, maintaining ownership of the AI solution throughout the model development lifecycle, from modelling to production deployment, monitoring and continuous model improvement.
  • Design and implement novel methods for data analysis, tailored to our sports-related application domains and propose new ways of using data to improve our products and services.
  • Present ideas and solutions to software developers and business stakeholders in a clear and understandable way

 

YOUR PROFILE:

  • The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience and will be knowledgeable in machine learning and statistics.
  • Strong programming skills and software development experience needed to productize low latency streaming analytics solutions are a must.
  • Experience with risk management and portfolio optimization in financial, gaming or sports betting contexts is a plus.
  • Experience in data science, statistical modelling, applied mathematics and/or software engineering.
  • Profficiency with advanced querying of large analytical databases using SQL.
  • Programming experience is a must.
  • Experience with Python, R or similar statistical and/or machine learning software/toolkits.
  • Bonus: Experience working in Java.
  • Bonus: Hands-on experience with real-time streaming analytics frameworks such as Apache Flink and streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka.
  • Bonus: Experience working with Mac/Linux environments.
  • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics / Statistics, Computer Science / Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience acceptable.
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken).
  • Autonomous, rigorous, creative and a team player

 

OUR OFFER:

  • Competitive salary and benefits.
  • Work in an international team collaborating with colleagues from all over the world.
  • Opportunity to work and develop in a dynamic Tech environment within an inspiring and fast growing company.
  • A challenging but rewarding and fun environment. 

 

Additional Information

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences 

* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰

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Category: Data Science Jobs

Tags: Computer Science Data analysis Engineering Flink Java Kafka Linux Machine Learning Mathematics ML models Python R SQL Statistics Streaming Testing

Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay

Region: Europe
Country: Slovenia

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