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About the Role
The Utah Jazz are seeking a data scientist to develop and maintain models that inform basketball decision-making. This role involves performing data analysis, collaborating with various departments, and identifying opportunities for new analytical techniques. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of statistics and predictive modeling, with a passion for basketball.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain models to predict basketball outcomes and facilitate decision-making.
- Perform ad hoc data analysis to assist basketball decision-makers.
- Interface with all departments within Basketball Operations to understand and meet their needs.
- Identify, research, and implement opportunities for new models, data sources, and analytics techniques.
- Help maintain and test datasets used for analysis.
- Maintain best practices for software development, including test writing, documentation, and coding standards.
- Protect the reputation of the company.
- Exemplify the Utah Jazz mission and values.
- Accept other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience analyzing data and training statistical models using Python or R.
- Familiarity with basketball data and the latest basketball analytics techniques.
- 1+ years of experience with data visualization.
- Proficient in statistics fundamentals and familiarity with state-of-the-art predictive modeling techniques.
- A desire to work in a startup-like environment where you will be empowered to make design decisions.
- A track record of writing clean and well-documented code.
- Soon to have Bachelor’s or graduate degree in statistics, data science, math or equivalent experience.
- Enthusiasm for basketball.
- Must be able to communicate and express themselves both written and verbally.
- Must be able to observe, inspect, estimate and assess.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
Skills
- Python
- R
- Data Visualization
- Statistics
- Predictive Modeling
- MLOps
- SQL
- Data Engineering
Location
- Salt Lake City
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years of experience analyzing data
- 1+ years of experience with data visualization
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, data science, math or equivalent experience
- Graduate degree in statistics, data science, math or equivalent experience
About the Company
- The Utah Jazz are looking for a data scientist to perform modeling and analysis that will help inform basketball decision-making.
- We are located in Salt Lake City, but are open to remote candidates.
- Exemplify the Utah Jazz mission and values: transparent, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy.
Equal Opportunity
- The Utah Jazz provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.