Football Data Scientist / Analytics Platform Builder

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TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

$600 - $900

HOURS PER WEEK

40

DATE UPDATED

Jan 15, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

Football Data Scientist / Analytics Platform Builder (Full-Time, Remote)

Company: Trailblazing Digital (UK)
Hours: Full-time (with some UK hours overlap)
Location: Remote – Philippines only

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About Us

Trailblazing Digital is a UK-based digital growth partner and part of a wider group of established UK businesses operating across digital platforms, sports technology, data products and commercial systems.

We are building a football analytics and reporting platform to support football clubs, internal projects and future fan-facing products. This is a long-term, strategic build, not an ad-hoc analysis role.

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The Role

We are looking for a Football Data Scientist / Analytics Platform Builder to design, build and manage our football data and analytics capability from the ground up.

You will be responsible for:
• Structuring datasets
• Designing analysis logic
• Building repeatable reporting
• Helping shape the overall platform architecture

This role suits someone who enjoys building systems, not just running one-off analysis.

You will have ownership of the data layer and analysis approach, working directly with senior decision-makers.

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Key Responsibilities
• Design and build a football analytics platform from scratch
• Structure and manage football datasets (player, team, match, league)
• Develop repeatable analysis and reporting frameworks
• Build dashboards and data outputs for clubs and internal use
• Create predictive and trend-based models where appropriate
• Maintain clean, documented and scalable data systems
• Recommend tools, workflows and improvements

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Required Skills & Experience
• Strong experience in data science or advanced data analysis
• Experience building data systems or platforms, not just reports
• Strong skills in:
• Python (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
• SQL
• Data modelling and structuring
• Ability to work independently and make technical decisions
• Strong problem-solving and logical thinking
• Clear English communication

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Highly Desirable
• Experience working with football or sports datasets
• Experience with APIs and external data providers
• Predictive modelling or forecasting
• Dashboarding / visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.)
• Experience designing scalable or automated data pipelines

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What We Offer
• Full management of a new analytics platform build for the company
• Long-term, full-time remote role
• Stable backing from an established UK business group
• Direct access to decision-makers
• Opportunity to grow into Lead Data Scientist / Head of Analytics

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

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How to Apply

Please include:
1. A short introduction
2. Your experience building data systems or platforms
3. Any experience with football or sports data
4. Tools, languages and platforms you’ve used
5. Your expected monthly salary

Shortlisted candidates will complete a practical platform-focused task, not a theory test.

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