Staff Machine Learning Engineer
United States/Remote
Full Time Senior-level / Expert USD 185K - 250K
Underdog Fantasy
Underdog Fantasy is the best place to play fantasy sports including Best Ball, Daily Drafts and Pick’em. Start drafting in minutes for a shot at big cash prizes. Available on iOS, Android and WebHi, we’re Underdog!
We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever.
Our mission is to build innovative games and products for American sports fans.
Founded in 2020, our team built three of today's most widely played fantasy games and successfully launched the largest contest in the history of fantasy sports: a $15M NFL Best Ball tournament -- and there’s a lot more to come! Underdog’s modern tech environment and in-house product development allow us to continuously deliver the best experiences for our users.
The opportunity in front of us to become the biggest company in our space is massive; after all, we’re currently sitting in the fastest-growing consumer industry in the U.S. In just over two years, we reached a nearly $500 million valuation through some of the best investors in the game, including Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, BlackRock, and SV Angel. We are many times larger now and our growth is not slowing down.
At Underdog, we believe that sports are for everyone and are building a tomorrow for every fan. Want to help create that future? Join us.
About the role and why it’s unique:
- As a Staff ML Engineer on the Data Platform team, you’ll be developing and deploying advanced machine learning models and algorithms on a cloud environment
- Implement end-to-end machine learning pipelines, starting from data collection, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, to deployment
- Build frameworks to measure model performance and accuracy in production environments, leveraging techniques such as parameter tuning and model optimization
- Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging mechanisms to ensure the health and accuracy of Underdog’s ML systems
- Utilize your understanding of machine learning algorithms, including supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and ensemble methods, to build production systems
- Work closely with engineering and product teams to ensure seamless integration of machine learning services into Underdog’s data platform
- Collaborate with the data science and quant teams to deploy ML models into production systems
- Mentor junior engineers, lead technical initiatives, and drive results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Lead code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and evangelize best practices to maintain code and data quality
- Research and keep up to date on emerging ML technologies and trends and focus on iteratively implementing them into Underdog’s engineering systems
Who you are:
- At least 7 years of experience building scalable ML model training and inference systems on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Excellent leadership and communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
- Prior experience with machine learning libraries and frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or scikit-learn
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
- Experience with data streaming frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or Kinesis
- Advanced proficiency with Go, Python, or other OOP languages (at least 2)
- Advanced proficiency with SQL
- Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
Even better if you have:
- Strong interest in sports
- Prior experience in the sports betting industry
- Experience in building simulation or inference systems
Our targeted compensation rate for this position is between $185,000 and $250,000, depending on experience, plus equity. Think your skills are exceptional and warrant higher pay? Apply anyway! If we agree, we're willing to negotiate.
This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations.
What we can offer you:
- Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- A $500 home office allowance
- A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.
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Tags: AWS Azure CI/CD Data quality Deep Learning DevOps Docker ECS Engineering Feature engineering Flink GCP Kafka Kinesis Kubernetes Machine Learning ML models Model training OOP Pipelines Python PyTorch Reinforcement Learning Research Scikit-learn SQL Streaming TensorFlow Terraform Unsupervised Learning
Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Equity Flex vacation Health care Home office stipend Parental leave Unlimited paid time off
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