Lead Data Science Engineer

Company: SBTech Malta Limited
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company. It's simple, at DraftKings, we believe life's more fun with skin in the game. For that reason, we're committed to responsibly creating the world's favourite games and betting experiences. Headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices around the globe, we believe we can continue to define what it means to be a technology company in sports entertainment. We love what we do and think you will too. Our team comprises sports modelling experts and data science technologists, coming together to develop innovative DS products that deliver incremental value on the Sportsbook platform at DraftKings. As part of this role, you will be a creative thinker, utilizing data, machine learning, and software development skills to craft high-impact solutions that grow the business. Key Responsibilities:

• Research and implement DS applications in Python
• Create statistical and machine learning models and integrate them into DS applications--
• Data engineering of sportsbook data assets to assist in DS application development
• Create automatic tests to ensure accuracy and reliability of DS applications
• Collaborate closely with product, developers, QAs and delivery leads to move projects from ideation to development and deployment
• Test that data flows work as expected and that DS applications are well integrated in larger business context
• Build advanced analytics tools for sportsbook product teams
• Coach and support more junior data scientists within the team Requirements
  • Ideally, you have experience as the expert on a data science team where you were responsible for all aspects of data science technical projects, including development and deployment, and then monitoring of how those applications perform in production
  • PhD, Masters or Bachelor's degree in STEM fields
  • Highly proficient in at least one programming language, ideally Python with a strong understanding of object-orientated programming principles
  • Experience with typical DevOps flows, such as containerisation and monitoring
  • Experience with Kubernetes and Kafka are very desirable
  • Understanding of Sportsbook products will be considered an asset--
  • Experience leading and coaching others
  • Excellent communication & organizations skills with the ability to articulate key business information quickly and effectively We love working with talented people but more than that, we seek out compassionate co-workers with a collaborative spirit. Our work moves quickly and we're great at coming together to find creative solutions to some of tech's most interesting problems. If that sounds good to you, join us.-- As a technology company at our core, DraftKings believes that the best innovation comes from diverse perspectives, thoughts, beliefs, ideas, and experiences. We consistently push boundaries and challenge the conventional to ensure our culture and products reflect the expectations of our employees, and the customers we serve. We're proud to believe that your gender, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability should have nothing to do with our hiring practices. We'll never discriminate against anyone's background or creed. If you're good at what you do, we want you to do it at DraftKings. You will be required to become licensed through applicable regulatory agencies. The Company offers excellent benefits
    • Full healthcare cover including dental, eye-care & gym membership
    • Pension plan
    • Life Cover
    • Public transport benefit
    • Bonus based on personal results.
    • Long term career growth opportunities
    • Training and certification programs.
    • People Assistance, Development and Wellness Programs
    • State of the art modern offices with pool table, fuse ball table & more!
    • Team activities, (memorable) team buildings, Christmas party & other big company events.

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