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About the role
We are looking for a data scientist who will bring a deep understanding of our sportswriting, our in-game experience, and the way our subscribers use The Athletic to help us make our best-in-class product even better. In this role, you will work closely with our data, product, growth, and engineering teams to develop advanced machine learning models. These models will help us understand our business, optimize and automate our workflows, and have our product make smarter recommendations. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 2-4 years of experience as a data scientist or data analyst with a proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web scale data
- A strong working knowledge of Python and how to use it to train machine learning models and put them into production
- A solid understanding of SQL with an ability to efficiently pull and write to our data warehouses
- An understanding of subscription media and recommendation engines, with the ability to turn it into insights and optimizations
- Knowledge of statistical principles and how they apply to predictive modeling
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to build cross-functional relationships
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About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
We are looking for a data scientist who will bring a deep understanding of our sportswriting, our in-game experience, and the way our subscribers use The Athletic to help us make our best-in-class product even better. In this role, you will work closely with our data, product, growth, and engineering teams to develop advanced machine learning models. These models will help us understand our business, optimize and automate our workflows, and have our product make smarter recommendations. As a member of our data science team, your work will have a significant impact at The Athletic.
This role is 100% remote for candidates currently based in the United States or Canada.
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