Data Scientist (Remote)

Lever, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with employer match

Paid vacation and sick days

Professional development

Job summary

The Athletic Media Company is seeking a data scientist to build advanced machine learning models that improve our product and user experiences. You will collaborate with data, product, growth, and engineering to deploy models that optimize workflows and drive smarter recommendations.

This 100% remote role is open to candidates based in the United States or Canada and offers a path to influence a wide audience of sports fans across North America.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of Python to train ML models and productionize them.
• Solid SQL skills to pull and write to data warehouses.
• Understanding of statistical principles and predictive modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and implement mathematical models to drive long-term product goals.
• Lead projects with hands-on analysis and modeling; select appropriate methods.
• Use quantitative analysis to understand user behavior and develop data-driven recommendations.
• Design and develop data science pipelines in production.
• Guide complex experiments.
• Foster an outstanding data science environment.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Communication

Modeling

Job description

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.

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and implement mathematical models to drive key long-term product goals, like training a model that predicts which of our free users are most likely to subscribe, or recommending the right articles to the right users at the right time.
• Lead projects with hands-on analysis and modeling, drawing from multiple analytical methods to choose the right tool and right level of complexity appropriate for the job.
• Use quantitative analysis to deeply understand what our users are saying, and to develop recommendations based on that analysis.
• Design and develop data science pipelines in production.
• Guide complex experiments.
• Cultivate an outstanding data science environment.

Requirements

• 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.
• Can explain sophisticated concepts to diverse audiences and craft compelling stories with data.

The annual base salary range for this role is $125,000.00 - $145,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.