Senior Data Scientist — Model Evaluation

SumerSports is a leading football intelligence technology company that specializes in providing an innovative suite of products for football fans and NFL clubs. We are a collection of executives, engineers, data scientists, and visionaries from NFL clubs, technology startups, finance, and academia. Our data-driven platform empowers teams with insights and tools to make informed decisions within salary cap constraints. The platform also serves the NCAA, offering insights around the transfer portal and more. What sets us apart is our unique blend of big tech talent, data scientists, and former NFL personnel, who have a combined 600+ years of NFL experience. Our domain knowledge is augmented by AI and machine learning technologies to create a unique view into many aspects of Football. Position Summary The Senior Data Scientist will be focused on model evaluation and quality for our football ML models. You'll contribute to the work that sits between research and production, making sure the models we ship measure what we think they measure. We believe good research is less about having the perfect idea and more about building a rigorous system for testing ideas. Ideas are plentiful. The real work is designing experiments, learning quickly, and following the evidence. Responsibilities Contribute to model evaluation across our football models. Drive one or two threads end-to-end. Build and extend the tooling we use to test, compare, and ship models. Work with football subject-matter experts to design evaluation that reflects how the models will actually get used. Catch silent regressions before they ship. Pushback when a stakeholder asks for a metric that doesn't measure what they think. Build the experimentation harness that lets the team test many ideas fast. Qualifications Strong statistical foundations. Calibration (reliability and resolution), bootstrapping, inter-rater reliability. Track record contributing to model evaluation on a production ML team. Production ML p