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Fanatics

China-based licensed sports merchandise retailer

Senior Data Scientist

Applied Machine LearningConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$152k - $190kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master’s or Doctoral degree in Computer Science with a focus on Data Mining or Machine Learning, Statistics, Econometrics, Physics, or another rigorous quantitative discipline requiring complex, large-scale data processing and modeling.
  • At least 4 years of professional experience as a data scientist.
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, commonly used Python and Spark data-science packages, and deep learning libraries such as PyTorch.
  • Proficiency in data wrangling and exploratory analysis, including extracting meaningful insights from complex datasets and establishing robust data foundations for downstream modeling.
  • Strong understanding of and practical experience with a wide range of machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and inference.
  • Working experience with cloud-native technology.
  • Experience working with large structured and unstructured datasets stored in relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Ability to turn ambiguous business problems into clear, data-driven solutions with meaningful business impact.
  • Organizational, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with partners in operations, finance, marketing, and engineering to understand business needs and scope data science projects.
  • Wrangle, process, cleanse, verify, and enrich data from different sources for analysis.
  • Help build data-informed business strategy and roadmaps.
  • Translate business needs into data product requirements, evaluate technologies, and identify opportunities to innovate and improve data science capabilities.
  • Analyze data and build statistical and machine learning models to solve business problems from different perspectives.
  • Work with data engineers to create services that ingest and supply data to and from internal and external sources and ensure data quality and timeliness.
  • Lead the development of data visualizations and dashboards to monitor performance, generate insights, and continuously improve user experience.
  • Establish playbooks to drive processes and consistent outcomes.
  • Participate in the full model development lifecycle, from business problem and data discovery through model deployment and monitoring.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with generative AI or large language model applications.
  • Experience and knowledge in computer vision, including libraries such as OpenCV and PIL and modern computer vision architectures such as convolutional neural networks, Vision Transformers, and image-generative AI.
  • Experience in software development, system design, and deployment.

About the Company

Fanatics

China-based licensed sports merchandise retailer

Fanatics China is a joint venture between Fanatics Inc. and Hillhouse Capital that localizes and scales licensed sports merchandise for China. It designs, manufactures, and markets fan gear for Chinese consumers, operating a multi-channel model that includes building and running e-commerce sites for global leagues and teams, exploring online marketplaces, and developing physical retail concepts. Its product workflow combines technology, data, and on-demand manufacturing to manage the entire supply chain, enabling fast response to demand. The company differentiates itself through a China-focused approach backed by Hillhouse’s network and investments, its end-to-end vertical commerce model, and partnerships with hundreds of sports organizations, which together help it navigate China’s complex retail landscape. The goal is to satisfy a previously underserved Chinese market for licensed sports merchandise by creating localized products and channels that connect fans with official gear.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding
$5.2B
Headquarters
Huangpu, China
Founded
1995

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