Machine Learning Intern

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At Prize Picks, we are the fastest‑growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 450 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom.

Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together?

This internship at Prize Picks offers students the opportunity to work with the Machine Learning Engineering team to product ionize real‑time priced markets within the product. Ideal candidates have a strong technical background in computer science, computer engineering, or related fields, proficiency in Python and SQL, and a passion for sports analytics. Standout applicants will have experience with lower‑level programming languages such as Rust, cloud infrastructure and continuous deployment (GCP), SQL/No

SQL databases/warehouses, MLOps, and demonstrated success in open‑source projects.

• Learn from the Prize Picks Machine Learning Engineering team on how we approach data, scalability, performance, and MLOps challenges.
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of optimal sport data stream architecture, ensuring data reliability in both speed and quality for data pipelines.
• Collaborate with our Data Science team to determine best paths for operationalization of DS/ML assets, ensuring model output quality, stability, and scalability.

• Strong computer science/engineering background. Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Informatics, Information Systems or other quantitative field
• Demonstrable history of building robust data‑intensive applications
• Interest in sports and fantasy sports markets.

• Experience with lower‑level programming languages - Rust, Java, C++.
• Demonstrable background/coursework building data pipelines and/or machine learning applications from scratch.
• Success in open‑source projects
• Strong organizational, communication, presentation, and collaboration experience with organizational technical and non‑technical teams

Our interns will work onsite at our West Midtown Atlanta location.

January 20th - April 17th

• Actively enrolled student at time of internship or within 1 semester of graduation
• Rising Junior academic status
• 3.0 or greater GPA

• Housing stipend for those interns relocating to Atlanta
• Frequent catered lunches
• Networking and collaboration with fellow interns and industry professionals
• Social events with the Atlanta Prize Picks team

Prize Picks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.