Basketball Analytics Data Scientist

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment is looking for a passionate Data Scientist to support the Brooklyn Nets Basketball Operations team. You will develop predictive models and analytical tools to drive basketball decisions, working closely with coaches and front office personnel.

Ideal candidates possess strong expertise in machine learning, experience with large datasets, and a dedication to basketball analytics. You will be expected to enhance player evaluation models and collaborate on various analytical projects, ensuring continuous improvement of our analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of professional experience in data science or machine learning.
• Experience developing and deploying machine learning models.
• Strong programming skills in Python, R, and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Enhance player evaluation models and develop predictive metrics.
• Build machine learning models for player evaluation and game strategy.
• Create dashboards and data visualizations to improve analytics access.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Python

R

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment is looking for a passionate Data Scientist to support the Brooklyn Nets Basketball Operations team. You will develop predictive models and analytical tools to drive basketball decisions, working closely with coaches and front office personnel.

Ideal candidates possess strong expertise in machine learning, experience with large datasets, and a dedication to basketball analytics. You will be expected to enhance player evaluation models and collaborate on various analytical projects, ensuring continuous improvement of our analytics capabilities.