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At DraftKings, we're inspired by our shared passion for developing creative solutions to complex challenges and empowering the people around us to do their best work. We are industry leaders in the digital entertainment and technology space and are propelled by constant curiosity and diverse perspectives.
The role
As an Apprentice Data Science Engineer, you will have the opportunity to learn data science and its application to sports, and the betting industry. The successful applicant will work within the data science engineering team to develop, test and deploy models into production.
Alongside this, you will be spending 20% of your time studying for a Masters Degree in Data Science from North Eastern University.
This degree is fully funded as part of the UK Apprenticeship Programme.
Sound good to you? Join us.
What youll do
- Create statistical and machine learning models for predicting the outcome of sporting events.
- Data engineering of sportsbook data assets to assist in data science model development.
- Establish and monitor robust data flows between data science applications and the rest of the organisation.
- Implement data science applications in Python.
- Create automatic tests to ensure accuracy of applications.
- Build advanced data-driven analytics tools for monitoring.
- Research new approaches to optimise the performance of models and data science processes.
What you'll bring
- A Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is required for this program.
- Experience using Python and its application to data science and data engineering.
- Knowledge of object-oriented programming is beneficial.
- Some understanding of data science and statistical modelling principles will be considered an asset.
- As this program is partially funded by the Government, we can only accept applications from candidates who are based in England.
