At a Glance
- Tasks: Uncover trends in sports data and build predictive models to drive insights.
- Company: Pythia Sports, a fast-growing tech company focused on sports analytics.
- Benefits: Private health insurance, 36 days holiday, and exciting development opportunities.
- Other info: Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with monthly social events and great career growth.
- Why this job: Join a creative team and make an impact in the world of sports data.
- Qualifications: PhD or equivalent experience in data science, strong Python skills, and cricket knowledge.
- Have a deep understanding of the data, its limitations and meaning, including the investigation of data validity
- Uncover trends in multiple sports datasets
- Build and maintain data-driven predictive models
- Research and apply novel modelling techniques
- Build and maintain model validation metrics to regularly track performance
- Have awareness of the limitations of any model output
- Have an understanding of statistical robustness and validity.
Multiple years experience in a team-leading role utilising advanced statistics and modelling techniques - preferably in a sporting context - PhD or equivalent industry experience with data
- Strong programming skills, with a preference for Python
- A long and proven track record of using data to solve complex problems
- Experience working with cloud computing (desirable).
- A keen interest in cricket, especially limited overs cricket
- Previous professional experience working with cricket analytics, The successful Senior Data Scientist will be an innovative, self-driven person with high levels of integrity. They will be working closely with local and remote teams and therefore need to be highly communicative, but also work well independently. They must be well organised and have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Pythia Sports is a fast growing technology company with a focus on predictive sports modelling and data collection. We focus on being the best at what we do and recognise that our success comes from having the best employees and keeping them happy. We pride ourselves on hiring talented, creative and free thinkers.
For this role, the following attributes and experience would also be a big plus:
Here you will find a relaxed atmosphere, monthly social events and amazing people!
We also offer:
- Private health and dental insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
- Enhanced sick pay
- 36 days holiday total allowance
- Exciting development opportunities
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Data Scientist in City of Westminster employer: Pythia Sports
Pythia Sports is an exceptional employer that fosters a relaxed and innovative work environment, perfect for those passionate about data science in the sporting world. With a strong emphasis on employee well-being, we offer generous benefits such as private health insurance, enhanced leave policies, and ample holiday allowance, alongside exciting opportunities for professional development. Join us to collaborate with talented individuals while enjoying a vibrant culture filled with monthly social events and a commitment to excellence in predictive sports modelling.
