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Senior Data Scientist

Underdog is a rapidly growing sports gaming company focused on creating engaging fantasy and sportsbook experiences for sports fans through innovative technology and user-centric design. They seek a curious and technically skilled Senior Data Scientist to help develop personalization models and infrastructure that enhance user engagement and retention.

Skills

  • Proficiency in Python for data modeling and manipulation.
  • Advanced SQL skills for querying large datasets.
  • Strong foundation in statistics, hypothesis testing, and experimental design.
  • Experience with recommendation engines, targeting systems, and ranking models.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Snowflake, and workflow tools like dbt and Airflow.
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence product decisions through data insights.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with data scientists to build and refine models for personalized recommendations, user targeting, and segmentation.
  • Lead personalization projects involving modeling, experimentation, and production implementation to improve user retention and experience.
  • Build and deploy machine learning models including recommendation systems, ranking models, and targeting algorithms.
  • Design, execute, and analyze A/B testing and experiments to assess personalization strategies.
  • Work closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data Engineering teams to operationalize personalization models.
  • Develop maintainable codebases and contribute to reusable pipelines, feature stores, and evaluation frameworks.
  • Translate complex data insights into clear, actionable narratives for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or related field required.
  • Master’s degree preferred.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO with flexible scheduling excluding critical NFL season weeks.
  • 16 weeks fully paid parental leave.
  • $500 home office equipment allowance.
  • Virtual-first culture with highly engaged distributed workforce.
  • 5% 401(k) match, FSA, and company-paid health, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
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Underdog Fantasy is one of the fastest-growing sports companies on the market. Founded by a team of industry veterans, Underdog is bringing fun, approachable contests and games to the masses. We’re lo...oking to innovate an already exciting space ...

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August 8, 2025
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