Senior Data Scientist, GRID
eSports solutions for rights holders, betting & media
Open for applications
eSports solutions for rights holders, betting & media
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of game data for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional experience in data science, quantitative research, or statistical modelling
- Deep, intuitive understanding of probability, statistics, and machine learning theory
- Expert-level skills in the Python data stack. You write clean, production-grade code
- Proven experience designing complex backtesting environments and defining custom evaluation metrics for unique business problems
Desirable
- Strong understanding of betting concepts, odds, overround, market-making, or quantitative trading. You understand what it means to build models where calibrated probabilities directly drive revenue
- Experience modelling off streaming data or data that updates continuously over time
- Deep knowledge of competitive esports (CS2, Dota 2, LoL), the underlying game mechanics, and the competitive meta
- Understanding of modern MLOps principles and experience with tools like MLFlow, Airflow, etc
What the job involves
- Design, build, and optimise the machine learning models and statistical frameworks that power our real-time odds and betting markets
- Extract deep predictive signals from raw, high-frequency esports telemetry, turning complex in-game mechanics into structured modelling features
- Focus on model performance and probability calibration. Design rigorous backtesting frameworks to prevent data leakage and evaluate performance against historical market baselines
- Create the mathematical rules and probabilistic derivations that translate baseline win probabilities into complex derivative markets (handicaps, totals, player props)
- Ensure your models are seamlessly translated into production-grade pipelines and microservices
Our take
Competitive gaming have grown from a niche hobby into a global industry with huge audiences, packed arenas, and massive prize pools. This growth means managing huge amounts of live data, such as player stats, rankings, match results, and betting information. Doing so quickly and accurately is difficult and, as eSports gets even bigger, the demand for reliable, real-time data infrastructure is on the rise.
GRID is a Berlin-based company powering the data side of competitive gaming, turning live in-game information into useful tools for developers, eSports organisers, betting companies, and fans. Its platform, GRID Play, helps studios build leaderboards, track players performance, and analyse gameplay without needing to create complex systems from scratch.
GRID already works with major gaming companies like Riot Games, Ubisoft, and KRAFTON, and it still expanding. Its acquisition of Bayes eSports' technology strengthens its position in eSports betting and live data services (two areas expected to grow rapidly in coming years). So, as competitive gaming becomes even more mainstream, GRID is ready to be a key player quietly powering the industry behind the scenes.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2023
$2.1m
SERIES A
Apr 2021
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $12.1m
Company benefits
- Forever Flexible: We operate using the hybrid model. The team works from our awesome offices, the comfort of their home, or wherever inspires and motivates the individual most. We encourage face-to-face collaboration and in-person connection but also see value in the productivity that comes with working from home
- Supporting Well-being: We are not a typical start-up. We want our employees to be well-rested and have a healthy work-life balance. We offer a generous vacation allowance (28+ days a year), corporate fitness memberships, and the opportunity to speak with professional counselors to support mental health
- Fostering Growth: We empower the team by providing a self-development budget and substantial career advancement opportunities. Teammates support and guide one another to motivate growth and further education
- Inclusive Culture: We believe a diverse industry is best served with a diverse workforce. With over 30 nationalities GRID is proud of the company culture it has built
- Agile Work: We thrive on being pragmatic. Allowing us to make the best decisions rather than holding on to rigid processes and procedures
Company HQ
Gleimviertel, Berlin, BE
Leadership
Moritz Maurer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside GRID, Mortiz is also the Founder of Raccoon eSports. Previously, they were the Head of eSports at Genius Sports and the Founder & CEO of GGwins.
Chris King
(Co-Founder & CTO)Chris previously worked at eBay as a Backend Developer, at Plunet as a Software Engineer, and at Betgenius as a Software Developer.
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