Senior Data Scientist, Hockey Operations at The Florida Panthers
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Jul 13, 2026
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role on an NHL team's Research & Development group, focused on building and deploying predictive models, metrics, and analytical tools that support roster and hockey operations decisions. The position also involves creating visualizations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, collaborating with engineers on production data pipelines, and mentoring junior analysts. It suits an experienced data scientist with a background in machine learning, SQL, Python, and ideally prior work in hockey or sports analytics.
Mid level · 3+ years · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 160 people in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 95–290
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $130,253 (middle half $87,728–$158,296).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is titled 'Senior' but requires only 3–5 years of experience minimum and the scope (contributing to a small R&D team, mentoring junior analysts, reporting to a Director) is consistent with a Mid-level individual contributor rather than a true Senior. Seniority is assessed as Mid accordingly.
Cloud computing is listed in the required qualifications as 'working knowledge of cloud computing, storage, and data warehousing platforms' — no specific cloud vendor is named, so common alternatives (AWS, Azure, GCP) are listed.
Hockey analytics experience and familiarity with multipoint skeletal tracking or spatiotemporal sports data are explicitly called out as preferred/a plus, not hard requirements.
An advanced degree is listed as preferred, not required; a Bachelor's in a related technical field is the stated minimum.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): predictive modeling.
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