Data Scientist, Risk
FanDuel is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Risk Data Science team to address complex risk modelling challenges. The role involves managing the entire lifecycle of a model, from initial data collection to the delivery of results. The successful candidate will create predictive models focused on price accuracy and customer profiling, while building tools and dashboards to provide actionable insights across FanDuel Group.
The Data Scientist will collaborate closely with product, risk, and trading teams to solve problems related to betting limits, customer behaviour, and pricing accuracy. The position requires a commitment to promoting effective communication of model outputs and contributing to a collaborative, production-oriented code environment.
- Develop, iterate, and take to production machine learning models to solve problems and drive outcomes in Sportsbook risk management.
- Continuous improvement in pricing techniques - both at an individual level and working with trading teams to optimise betting limits and customer profiling.
- Construct models, analyzes and solutions in response to a question or problem posed by a stakeholder or colleague.
- Manage the data preparation process from collection through cleaning.
- Build robust predictive models, showing capabilities of feature and model selection.
- Contribute to a production code environment.
- Work with decision-makers across the company to understand their goals, identify opportunities to use data to develop new insights and improve business results.
- Create dashboards and data visualizations for analysis and communication.
- A minimum of 1 year of Industry Experience in data science, analytics or engineering (preferred).
- Bachelor's Degree in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data science (preferred).
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with high proficiency in Python or R, and SQL (required).
- Understanding and application of Bayesian statistics (required).
- Experience building and using models to help create production level products and tools (required).
- Comfortable with command line tools and GitHub (required).
- Object-oriented design and coding skills (required).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills (required).
- Ability to work across teams, locations and time zones (required).
- Interest or experience in Sports Gaming and/or Fantasy Sports (required).
- An array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
- Generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave).
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance).
- 401k with up to a 5% match.
- Commuter benefits.
- Pet insurance.
- 14 paid company holidays.
- Paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).