Data Scientist, Risk

The Data Scientist will join FanDuel Group's Risk Data Science team to tackle challenging risk modelling problems. The role involves creating predictive models for price accuracy and customer profiling, building tools and dashboards, and driving actionable insights across FanDuel Group. The Data Scientist will work closely with product, risk, and trading teams on issues such as betting limits, customer behaviour, and pricing accuracy, and will promote effective communication of model outputs in a collaborative code environment.

• Develop, iterate, and take machine learning models to production to solve problems and drive outcomes in Sportsbook risk management.
• Improve pricing techniques at an individual level and work with trading teams to optimise betting limits and customer profiling.
• Construct models, analyses, and solutions in response to questions or problems posed by stakeholders or colleagues.
• Manage the data preparation process from collection through cleaning.
• Build robust predictive models, demonstrating capabilities in 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 visualisations for analysis and communication.
• Promote effective communication of model outputs and contribute to a collaborative code environment.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with high proficiency in Python or R, and SQL.
• Understanding and application of Bayesian statistics.
• Experience building and using models to help create production-level products and tools.
• Comfortable with command line tools and GitHub.
• Object-oriented design and coding skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work across teams, locations, and time zones.

• A minimum of 1 year of industry experience in data science, analytics, or engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data science.
• Interest or experience in sports gaming and/or fantasy sports.

• Hybrid working arrangement.

• Health plans to choose from, some as low as $0 per paycheck, including fertility and family planning programs, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and sick leave.
• Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities based on performance.
• 401k with up to a 5% match.
• Commuter benefits.
• Pet insurance.
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Life insurance and disability insurance.
• Short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and stock program participation.
• Paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays.
• Paid sick time in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
• Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator, traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).