Teamworks
Data Scientist II (Soccer)
$145K
United States +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- United States
United Kingdom - Experience
- 3+ years of professional or research experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not eligible for sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Develops and maintains statistical and machine learning models using player tracking and event data to support professional soccer clubs’ player recruitment decisions.
What you'll do
- Own model lifecycle work, including design, validation, deployment, and improvement.
- Build models that identify undervalued players and characterize skills associated with player effectiveness.
- Explain modeling decisions, limitations, and results to technical teammates and partner clubs.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of professional or research experience writing code in R or Python for data science, statistics, or machine learning.
- Experience working with sports tracking data and its modeling and data-quality challenges.
- Comfort with SQL for building and querying structured data.
- Strong modeling fundamentals and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Direct experience with soccer data or soccer analytics.
- Experience with AWS or Google Cloud, or use of AI coding tools.
Pay
$145K (currency not stated; compensation type not stated)
Tools
Python, R, SQL, AWS, Google Cloud
AI focus
Develop statistical and machine learning models for player recruitment; AI coding tools are a preferred aid, with judgment to review and correct their output.
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