Gaming & Esports OPT Jobs in Georgia
Georgia's gaming and esports industry is anchored in Atlanta, home to studios, publishers, and esports organizations that have hired F-1 OPT candidates in software development, game design, and broadcast production roles. Companies like Hi-Rez Studios and Skillshot Media have established Georgia as a legitimate destination for international students pursuing OPT sponsorship in gaming.
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Our roster has an opening with your name on it
We are looking for a Product Manager to join our Data Products team within our Technology. This is a key role in a fast-paced environment working with teams and stakeholders across the business to drive the development and enhancement of our Data Science and Machine Learning products. In this role, you'll drive the evolution and adoption of our ML Platform, including experiment tracking, model lifecycle management, observability, and feature engineering capabilities that enable data scientists to build, deploy, and monitor models at scale. If you’re excited by this challenge and want to work within a dynamic company, then we’d love to hear from you.
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- You will take ownership of data products that deliver key insights into our business and drive future business decisions
- Lead elicitation of requirements, in the form of user stories & acceptance criteria, prioritizing the product backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders, to ensure our platform aligns with business objectives and delivers advanced machine learning solutions
- Partner closely with our Data Science and Machine Learning Data Engineering teams to deliver value through data
- Bring fresh ideas to the table when working to solve business problems, using your commercial understanding to generate innovative solutions
- Partner with Engineering teams to define solution and approach
- Create and maintain user guides, technical documentation, and best practices for the Machine Learning platform, including tooling for experiment tracking, model deployment, feature engineering, and observability
- Monitor platform performance, model accuracy, and data quality. Identify and address issues to continuously improve platform efficiency
- Be an enabling force driving through effective and sustainable change guiding the business through the journey
- Play a key role within the PM community here at FanDuel, sharing your industry best practice and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and cross-skilling
THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- 3-6 years of experience as a Product Manager, Product Owner, or Data Scientist delivering impactful data products, with a proven track record of successful project delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Experience working with data warehouse and data science technologies, including platforms such as Python, PySpark, Databricks, AWS, and MLflow ensuring efficient data processing and management.
- Proficiency with popular machine learning frameworks and tools, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn, encompassing model development, training, and deployment to support advanced analytics and predictive modeling initiatives.
- Expertise in using Databricks for scalable data engineering and machine learning workflows, leveraging its collaborative environment and optimized Spark clusters for accelerated development and deployment cycles.
- Strong proficiency in SQL for querying and manipulating large datasets, combined with advanced programming skills in Python for data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model development tasks.
- Hands-on experience with MLflow for experiment tracking, model registry, and model lifecycle management, including integration with Unity Catalog for centralized governance and versioning
- Familiarity with ML observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Fiddler, Evidently AI, or similar platforms) for tracking model performance, detecting data drift, and ensuring model health in production environments
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and experience with tools such as Terraform for managing ML infrastructure, governance policies, and reproducible deployments
- Extensive experience with feature stores, facilitating efficient feature management and reuse across machine learning models, enhancing model accuracy and reducing time-to-market for data-driven solutions.
- Demonstrated proficiency in a variety of reporting and data visualization tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or matplotlib, for creating insightful visualizations and dashboards to communicate key insights and drive data-driven decision-making.
- Exceptional analysis skills, with the ability to interpret complex datasets, identify meaningful patterns and trends, and derive actionable insights to inform product strategy and decision-making.
- Proven experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops, fostering open communication and collaboration to gather requirements, prioritize features, and align product roadmap with business objectives.
- Proficient in translating product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements, including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria, ensuring clear understanding and alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities while driving high standards and delivering value that meets or exceeds challenging goals.
- Drives high standards for individual accomplishment and works to meet or exceed challenging goals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within the product development team.
- Is accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities and requirements, while maintaining a focus on delivering value and driving outcomes for the organization.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field preferred (Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline). A Master's degree is a plus, providing additional depth and specialization in machine learning, data science, or related fields.
ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.
The applicable salary range for this position is $106,000 - $139,700 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email Benefits@fanduel.com.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
We are looking for a Product Manager to join our Data Products team within our Technology. This is a key role in a fast-paced environment working with teams and stakeholders across the business to drive the development and enhancement of our Data Science and Machine Learning products. In this role, you'll drive the evolution and adoption of our ML Platform, including experiment tracking, model lifecycle management, observability, and feature engineering capabilities that enable data scientists to build, deploy, and monitor models at scale. If you’re excited by this challenge and want to work within a dynamic company, then we’d love to hear from you.
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- You will take ownership of data products that deliver key insights into our business and drive future business decisions
- Lead elicitation of requirements, in the form of user stories & acceptance criteria, prioritizing the product backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders, to ensure our platform aligns with business objectives and delivers advanced machine learning solutions
- Partner closely with our Data Science and Machine Learning Data Engineering teams to deliver value through data
- Bring fresh ideas to the table when working to solve business problems, using your commercial understanding to generate innovative solutions
- Partner with Engineering teams to define solution and approach
- Create and maintain user guides, technical documentation, and best practices for the Machine Learning platform, including tooling for experiment tracking, model deployment, feature engineering, and observability
- Monitor platform performance, model accuracy, and data quality. Identify and address issues to continuously improve platform efficiency
- Be an enabling force driving through effective and sustainable change guiding the business through the journey
- Play a key role within the PM community here at FanDuel, sharing your industry best practice and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and cross-skilling
THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- 3-6 years of experience as a Product Manager, Product Owner, or Data Scientist delivering impactful data products, with a proven track record of successful project delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Experience working with data warehouse and data science technologies, including platforms such as Python, PySpark, Databricks, AWS, and MLflow ensuring efficient data processing and management.
- Proficiency with popular machine learning frameworks and tools, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn, encompassing model development, training, and deployment to support advanced analytics and predictive modeling initiatives.
- Expertise in using Databricks for scalable data engineering and machine learning workflows, leveraging its collaborative environment and optimized Spark clusters for accelerated development and deployment cycles.
- Strong proficiency in SQL for querying and manipulating large datasets, combined with advanced programming skills in Python for data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model development tasks.
- Hands-on experience with MLflow for experiment tracking, model registry, and model lifecycle management, including integration with Unity Catalog for centralized governance and versioning
- Familiarity with ML observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Fiddler, Evidently AI, or similar platforms) for tracking model performance, detecting data drift, and ensuring model health in production environments
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and experience with tools such as Terraform for managing ML infrastructure, governance policies, and reproducible deployments
- Extensive experience with feature stores, facilitating efficient feature management and reuse across machine learning models, enhancing model accuracy and reducing time-to-market for data-driven solutions.
- Demonstrated proficiency in a variety of reporting and data visualization tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or matplotlib, for creating insightful visualizations and dashboards to communicate key insights and drive data-driven decision-making.
- Exceptional analysis skills, with the ability to interpret complex datasets, identify meaningful patterns and trends, and derive actionable insights to inform product strategy and decision-making.
- Proven experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops, fostering open communication and collaboration to gather requirements, prioritize features, and align product roadmap with business objectives.
- Proficient in translating product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements, including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria, ensuring clear understanding and alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities while driving high standards and delivering value that meets or exceeds challenging goals.
- Drives high standards for individual accomplishment and works to meet or exceed challenging goals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within the product development team.
- Is accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities and requirements, while maintaining a focus on delivering value and driving outcomes for the organization.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field preferred (Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline). A Master's degree is a plus, providing additional depth and specialization in machine learning, data science, or related fields.
ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.
The applicable salary range for this position is $106,000 - $139,700 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email Benefits@fanduel.com.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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Search Gaming & Esports Jobs in GeorgiaGaming & Esports Jobs in Georgia: Frequently Asked Questions
Which gaming and esports companies sponsor F-1 OPT visas in Georgia?
Hi-Rez Studios, based in Alpharetta, is one of Georgia's most prominent gaming employers with a history of hiring international talent. Atlanta-based Skillshot Media, which operates esports programming and broadcasts, has also brought on OPT workers. Larger game publishers and mobile gaming studios in the Atlanta metro area occasionally support F-1 OPT authorization, particularly for technical and production roles where degree-specific skills are required.
Which cities in Georgia have the most gaming and esports F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs?
Atlanta and its northern suburbs, including Alpharetta and Roswell, concentrate the majority of Georgia's gaming and esports employment. The Atlanta metro is home to game development studios, esports production companies, and technology firms with gaming divisions. Savannah has a smaller but active game design community connected to its art and design schools, though OPT sponsorship activity there is more limited compared to the Atlanta area.
What types of gaming and esports roles typically qualify for F-1 OPT sponsorship?
Roles that directly apply a student's degree field are best positioned for F-1 OPT authorization. In Georgia's gaming industry, this includes software engineers, game developers, technical artists, data analysts, and broadcast production technicians. Esports-specific positions such as event operations coordinators or broadcast engineers may qualify when the work aligns with a relevant degree in communications, computer science, or digital media. General marketing or administrative roles are less commonly tied to OPT sponsorship.
How do I find gaming and esports F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs in Georgia?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international students and filters gaming and esports jobs in Georgia by F-1 OPT sponsorship history, so you're not sorting through listings from employers who have never supported OPT workers. You can search by role type, location within Georgia, and industry to surface studios, publishers, and esports organizations with a documented record of hiring F-1 OPT candidates, saving significant time compared to general job searches.
Are there any Georgia-specific or industry-specific considerations for F-1 OPT sponsorship in gaming and esports?
Georgia's film and entertainment tax incentive program has attracted game studios and interactive media companies to the state, which has gradually expanded the pool of employers familiar with hiring international workers. However, the gaming industry broadly employs a high share of contractors and project-based staff, which can complicate OPT authorization since it requires a bona fide employer-employee relationship. F-1 OPT students should confirm that any position is a direct hire arrangement, not an independent contractor role, before accepting an offer.