Who you are

- 2-4 years of experience as a data scientist or data analyst with a proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web scale data
- A strong working knowledge of Python and how to use it to train machine learning models and put them into production
- A solid understanding of SQL with an ability to efficiently pull and write to our data warehouses
- An understanding of subscription media and recommendation engines, with the ability to turn it into insights and optimizations

- Knowledge of statistical principles and how they apply to predictive modeling

- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to build cross-functional relationships

- Can explain sophisticated concepts to diverse audiences and craft compelling stories with data

What the job involves

- We are looking for a data scientist who will bring a deep understanding of our sportswriting, our in-game experience, and the way our subscribers use The Athletic to help us make our best-in-class product even better
- In this role, you will work closely with our data, product, growth, and engineering teams to develop advanced machine learning models

- These models will help us understand our business,



optimize and automate our workflows, and have our product make smarter recommendations

- As a member of our data science team, your work will have a significant impact at The Athletic

- Design, build, and implement mathematical models to drive key long-term product goals, like training a model that predicts which of our free users are most likely to subscribe, or recommending the right articles to the right users at the right time

- Lead projects with hands-on analysis and modeling, drawing from multiple analytical methods to choose the right tool and right level of complexity appropriate for the job

- Use quantitative analysis to deeply understand what our users are saying, and to develop recommendations based on that analysis

- Design and develop data science pipelines in production

- Guide complex experiments
- Cultivate an outstanding data science workplace

Benefits

- Paid Time Off

- Paid Sick Leave

- Paid Parental Leave
- 401 (k)

- Short & Long Term Disability

- Free Subscription

- Competitive Health Care
- HSA & FSA

- Commuter Benefits

📌 Data Scientist (Canada)
🏢 The Athletic
📍 Canada