Data Scientist

Company Description

Entain India is the engineering and delivery powerhouse for Entain, one of the world’s leading global sports and gaming groups. Established in Hyderabad in 2001, we’ve grown from a small tech hub into a dynamic force, delivering cutting-edge software solutions and support services that power billions of transactions for millions of users worldwide.

Our focus on quality at scale drives us to create innovative technology that supports Entain’s mission to lead the change in global sports and gaming sector. At Entain India, we make the impossible possible, together.

Entain has adopted globally recognised best practices by joining the EDM Association’s DCAM® (Data Management Capability Assessment Model) framework in 2023, and became a founder member of the DEP (Data Excellence Program) [as a live link to EDM website below] which was launched in 2024. As part of that programme we had an external independent assessment which accredited Entain with the DEP Gold award, recognising a huge improvement in Entains full suite of data management capabilities since the first assessment in 2023. This is part of Entains drive towards recognition as a world-class data management leader. DCAM is designed to enhance data management processes and nurture a data-centric culture. This is significantly improving the utilization of data analytics, organisational data literacy, client experiences, and driving data & AI strategy for the business.

Job Description

As our Data Scientist, you will build high-quality (normally deployed to a production environment) systems that align with our strategic goals and are fully integrated with our products and processes. You will work with stakeholders around the globe to scope our solutions and help them understand, test, and adopt them.

You will operate both as an individual contributor and as part of a larger delivery team, you will have a broad technical background to help shape and deliver cutting-edge machine learning solutions across a wide functional landscape, including CRM, Responsible Gambling, churn modelling, customer lifetime value, cross-selling, player protection, clustering, and forecasting.

What will you do

• Build models and machine-learning algorithms, taking the opportunity from ideation through to deployment in our live production environment.
•  Analyse large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns, presenting the results in commercially impactful manner
• Extract and interpret the business insights and provide recommendations based on those insights.
• Conduct research and development activities, data exploration and discovery, develop prototypes, algorithms, and proof of concepts, leveraging leading data science and technology solutions – bring in the best of the wider community to the team.
• Communicate data collection and statistical methodologies and their results to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
  

Qualifications

• Previous data science experience between 2-5 years is preferred.
• Candidates must be from Tier-1 and Tier-2
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering / Statistics / Operations Research, or PhD in Data Science / AI Field.
• Advanced level expertise on SQL & Python
• Strong expertise with Algorithms, ML models
• Knowledge of GenAI, LLMs, and Agentic AI is an added advantage.
  
  

Additional Information

We know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Working for us you can expect to receive great benefits like:

• Safe home pickup and home drop (Hyderabad Office Only)
• Group Mediclaim policy
• Group Critical Illness policy
• Communication & Relocation allowance
• Annual Health check
  
  

And outside of this, you’ll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

At Entain India, we do what’s right. It’s one of our core values and that’s why were taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, across any protected characteristic, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated.

We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

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