Data Scientist Intern for a Sports Analytics Startup

Job description

Job Description
We are looking for a Data Analyst with a passion for sports, statistics, and technology to join our integrated team.

About GSA
GSA is a basketball-centric platform that provides game data, league statistics, and performance analysis to teams that compete within the international basketball community. Please see more details here: www.globalsportsanalytics.co

Responsibilities
- Review internal processes, and conduct back-testing to ensure validity of underlying quantitative details
- Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
- Work closely with management to prioritize business and information needs
- Develop additional statistically relevant processes to help interpret data

Requirements
- Technical expertise regarding data models, database design & development, and data mining
- Preference for strong knowledge of databases (mySQL etc) and programming (XML, Javascript, PHP)
- Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing large datasets (Excel, R-studio, Tableau, SAS etc)
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
- Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings

Desired profile

BS in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics