Job Description
About Sleeper
Sleeper is a sports-focused games platform with messaging at its core. We are a young and energetic company, fueled by a passion for sports and a drive for innovation. Our mission is to create a digital playground for sports fans and their friends to hang out. We bring people together over sports.
About the Role
At Sleeper, we’re building the most engaging and trusted fantasy sports experience in the world, This role sits right at the intersection of growth, product, and platform integrity. As a Data Scientist focused on Risk and User Experience, you’ll shape how millions of users onboard, interact, and transact on our platform.
You’ll go beyond dashboards, designing the systems that help us understand player behavior in real time, detect fraud before it happens, and create seamless experiences that don’t get in the user’s way. From instrumenting event-level data to building models that identify suspicious activity, your work will directly influence how we scale safely and intelligently.
This is a highly cross-functional role where you’ll partner closely with product, engineering, and operations to turn data into action. You’ll help define what “good” looks like across the user journey, build the infrastructure to measure it, and continuously refine our systems as the landscape evolves.
If you’re excited about solving complex, high-impact problems in a fast-moving environment, this is your chance to build from the ground up and make a meaningful impact on a rapidly growing gaming platform.
What You’ll Do
Driving Growth and User Experience
Collaborate with product leaders to optimize our onboarding funnel to identify friction and areas for improvement
Build scalable analytics systems for continuous evaluation of user journeys and defining key metrics
Building Data Foundation
Partner with engineering to implement real-time event tracking (Firebase, Amplitude etc)
Define schemas and instrumentation for user activity (account creation, sessions, device/IP data etc)
Develop Risk/Integrity Insights
Collaborate on systems that balance user friction with platform integrity
Build analytical frameworks to surface signals that inform adaptive user flows (dynamic verification requirements etc)
Establish prevalence measurement methodologies to quantify fraudulent activities on the platform
Partner with our operations teams to triage and mitigate any ongoing threats to the platform
Advanced Analytics
Classify transaction risk (payment method, account-level signals)
Apply clustering, anomaly detection etc to large scale behavioral data
Continuously evaluate implemented systems and iterate based on shifting market trends
Must-Have Qualifications
4+ years of industry experience in data science, economics, analytics, or machine learning engineering
Advanced Degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, R, or similar) and big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, and Airflow
Experience building or working with event-based analytics systems
Familiarity with machine learning methods for classification, clustering, or anomaly detection
Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering and product
Nice-to-Have Experience
Experience working in Fraud/Risk/Trust & Safety teams
Experience developing internal tooling for analytics, operations, or user lifecycle workflows (e.g., onboarding, review systems, or risk signals), using platforms like Retool, Appsmith, or comparable frameworks
Experience working in real money gaming or other high-velocity transaction environments.
Comfortable writing light JavaScript in data/UI workflows
Benefits
Competitive salary, equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible working hours and remote work options
Opportunities for career advancement
Unlimited PTO
What We Offer
Sleeper believes in quality over quantity, and intentionally keeps our team small as a result. In past roles, we found it very hard to make a big impact when companies grow too large in size, which has a detrimental effect on the product and the impact any single individual can have. Our team includes designers, engineers, product experts, and finance & operation focused on one thing — connecting people over sports. We believe in fair and equitable pay. Certain locations in the United States require job postings to include a reasonable estimate of the base salary range and/or a general description of benefits and other compensation applicable to the role.
Competitive salary range of $130,000 to $175,000, plus benefits including Medical, Dental, PTO, 401k. Please note that the salary range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The policy of Sleeper is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity. Sleeper is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability.
You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to [email protected].
