Data Science Engineer (Atlanta, GA or Remote)

PrizePicks is a sports technology start-up based in Atlanta that delivers innovative technologies focused on becoming the most exciting compliment to your sports viewing experience. We believe establishing a strong culture and investing in our people are paramount to our team continuing to achieve our goals and reach new heights.

The Analytics Team is responsible for building and maintaining analytics tools and workflows to support the PrizePicks business across all departments - at the core of these operations is data. By developing, maintaining, and testing data streaming infrastructures - you will enable PrizePicks to offer real-time priced markets within the product.

What you'll do:

• Create and maintain optimal sport data stream pipeline architecture, ensuring data reliability
• Enable the creation and distribution of real-time, in-game micro market offerings to the product
• Lead the design and implementation of the data stack required real-time pricing models

What you have:

• Strong organizational skills.
• Experience building and optimizing data streaming pipelines and infrastructure.
• Experience supporting real-time data science modeling workflows.
• Experience exposing real-time predictive model outputs to a production service.
• 5+ years of experience in a data analytics or data engineering role, who has attained a Graduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field.

Experience using the following software/tools:

• Relational SQL databases like Postgres
• Object-oriented/object function scripting languages like Python
• Data streaming technologies: Kafka, Redis, etc...
• Cloud Technologies: AWS, EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift, GCP
• Data modeling tools like DBT
• Preferred experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, BQ, etc..
• Preferred experience with data pipeline and workflow tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, Prefect

Where you ll live:

• We are based in Atlanta, GA but we are a remote organization so live where you prefer (just in the U.S.)

Benefits you ll receive:

In addition to your competitive salary, medical/dental/vision coverage plans and matching 401(k), we ll shower you with perks including:

• Break room with ping pong, end endless snacks and in-office lunch once a week
• Unlimited PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance
• A modern work schedule focused on getting the job done well, not hours clocked
• Company and team outings, we encourage a tight-knit workplace
• Open office layout promotes collaboration, conversation and teamwork to drive results
• Significant opportunity for growth and career development

If this resonates with you, join the hundreds of us building a shared vision for the future of sports entertainment.

PrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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