Data Scientist II (Soccer)
No visa sponsorship
Core
Develop statistical and machine learning models using player tracking and event data to identify undervalued players and characterize skills for professional soccer club recruitment.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (sports analytics)
Builds
Production ML models for player recruitment
Domain
Sports analytics / Football (Soccer)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, R, SQL, statistical modeling, machine learning, sports tracking data analysis, model validation, version control, cloud compute
Preferred skills
soccer data experience, published research, AWS or Google Cloud, AI coding tools
Responsibilities
Design and validate models, prevent data leakage, deploy models to production, explain modeling decisions to clubs, maintain model accuracy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
