Senior Data Scientist

Fanatics Commerce; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Commerce in New York seeks a Data Scientist to build and train ML models for customer marketing, deploy them at scale, and analyze business impact. You will design datasets, select architectures, and create pipelines while collaborating with marketing and analytics teams.

The role requires 4+ years of experience in data science, proficiency with Python/R, and experience in cloud environments like AWS; some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 4 years of professional data science experience.
• 3 years building end-to-end ML pipelines with data definition and train/test splits.
• 3 years performing EDA across multiple data sources and visualizing results.
• 3 years deploying models in production and collaborating with marketing teams.
• 3 years translating complex data outcomes to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and train machine learning models for customer marketing purposes (CRM, ad bidding, etc.).
• Deploy models into production at scale and containerize with Docker.
• Identify opportunities to drive revenue and lead data-driven projects.
• Create reports and dashboards; perform A/B testing to measure impact.
• Communicate results to stakeholders and align modeling with business goals.

Skills

Python

R

XGBoost

Data Visualization

AWS

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Stats

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Fanatics Commerce is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operating a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for major leagues, teams, and events worldwide. With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.

At Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day - building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with entrepreneurial speed, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.

Build and train machine learning models for customer marketing purposes (CRM, ad bidding, etc.) (25%): Define the dataset used for the model; Determine the model architecture (xgboost, regression, etc.); Create the train/test/score pipeline. Deploy models into production at scale (25%): Create docker images for models; Put containers in appropriate artifact stores; Create DAGs to run pipelines. Conduct exploratory analysis to understand how the business is run and how to model it (25%): Identify potential opportunities to drive revenue and contribution growth and lead projects to evaluate them; Utilize a wide range of data science capabilities from exploratory analysis and modeling, to creating reports and dashboards, and A/B testing; Identify any new data capture required and build custom data sets to enable reports of novel features and processes; Load and join data from multiple locations; Aggregate, filter, and summarize data; Create plots and presentations from the data. Communicate with business partners to align business goals with science techniques and report results outward (25%): Define requirements from stakeholders and explicitly define the business problem; Apply innovative problem-solving skills to dissect data and build machine learning / statistical models to solve business problems from different perspectives; Determine the data science techniques that align with those problems; Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to report on results and communicate with the business to understand if the problem is solved. Up to 5% domestic travel may be required for meetings. Partial telecommuting permitted; onsite at 95 Morton Street, New York, NY 10014 when not telecommuting. Salary: $194,940 - $214,940 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Marketing Analytics, Data Analytics, Statistics, or related field, plus 4 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or any occupation, job title, or position creating machine learning models to use in production systems or to generate insights for businesses.

Must also have experience in the following: 3 years of professional experience developing and training machine learning models using data science techniques including XGBoost, regressions, hyper-parameter tuning, and feature selection to support customer marketing initiatives including CRM; 3 years of professional experience building end-to-end machine learning pipelines including data definition, and train/test splits; 3 years of professional experience performing exploratory data analysis by loading, joining, aggregating, filtering, and visualizing data from multiple sources; 3 years of professional experience continuously running a model in production; 3 years of professional experience collaborating with marketing and other partner teams to define business problems, gather stakeholder requirements, and align modeling approaches with strategic goals; 3 years of professional experience translating complex data science outcomes into actionable insights for non-technical audiences; 3 years of professional experience determining and applying data science techniques (including customer segmentation and lifetime value models) to solve clearly defined business problems in a marketing context; 3 years of professional experience writing code in Python and R and running data science tasks in managed cloud environments including AWS.

At Fanatics, we operate with a BOLD mindset - We Build Championship Teams, we’re Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined and Relentless Mindset. If you’re ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.

ABOUT US

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Fanatics Commerce is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods. It operates a vertically-integrated platform of digital and physical capabilities for leading sports leagues, teams, colleges, and associations globally – as well as its flagship site, www.fanatics.com.

Fanatics Commerce has a broad range of online, sports venue, and vertical apparel partnerships worldwide, including comprehensive partnerships with leading leagues, teams, colleges, and sports organizations across the world—including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Formula 1, and Australian Football League (AFL); the Dallas Cowboys, Golden State Warriors, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea FC, and Tokyo Giants; the University of Notre Dame, University of Alabama, and University of Texas; the International Olympic Committee (IOC), England Rugby, and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

At Fanatics Commerce, we infuse our BOLD Leadership Principles in everything we do: Build Championship Teams, Obsessed with Fans, Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, Determined and Relentless Mindset.