Remote Basketball Data Scientist - Predictive Analytics

Utah Jazz; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Utah Jazz are seeking a Data Scientist to build models and perform analytics that influence basketball decision-making. The role is based in Salt Lake City but remote candidates are welcome, enabling collaboration across Basketball Operations and other departments.

You will develop predictive models, perform ad hoc analyses, and advance datasets and analytics techniques while adhering to coding standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience analyzing data and training statistical models in a production environment using Python or R.
• 2+ years of experience with basketball data and the latest basketball analytics techniques.
• 2+ years of experience with data visualization.
• Expertise in statistics fundamentals and state-of-the-art predictive modeling techniques.
• Desire to work in a startup-like environment with decision-making empowerment.
• Proven ability to write clean, well-documented code.
• Bachelor’s in statistics, data science, math or equivalent experience.
• Enthusiasm for basketball.
• Nice to have experience with SQL, MLOps, data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain models to better predict basketball outcomes and facilitate better decision-making across Basketball Operations.
• Perform ad hoc data analysis as necessary to help basketball decision-makers.
• Interface with all departments within Basketball Operations (scouting, coaching, analytics, sports science) and strive to understand and meet their needs.
• Identify, research, and implement opportunities for new models, data sources, and basketball analytics techniques.
• Help maintain and test datasets used to perform analysis.
• Maintain best practices for software development including test writing, documentation, and adherence to and improvement of coding standards.
• Protect the reputation of the company.
• Exemplify the Utah Jazz mission and values: transparent, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy.
• Accept other duties, as assigned.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistical modeling

Data visualization

Programming (Python/R)

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics, data science, math

Tools

MLOps

SQL

Data engineering

Job description

The Utah Jazz are seeking a Data Scientist to build models and perform analytics that influence basketball decision-making. The role is based in Salt Lake City but remote candidates are welcome, enabling collaboration across Basketball Operations and other departments.

You will develop predictive models, perform ad hoc analyses, and advance datasets and analytics techniques while adhering to coding standards and best practices.