Data Scientist

Swish Analytics Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Swish Analytics Inc. is seeking a senior ML/Data Scientist to develop infrastructure for trader automation and low-latency decision systems. You will work at the intersection of data science, trading and data engineering to improve model accuracy and reaction speed.

You will design and deploy production-grade components, test models, and collaborate with product teams to expand to new sports while continuously improving performance through experimentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in data science, statistics, CS, applied math or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 4+ years building ML or statistical models for business use in sports analytics or sports betting.
• Strong knowledge of probability theory, Bayesian stats, and MCMC methods.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and rapid-learning abilities.
• Proficient in Python and relational SQL.
• Experience with GitHub/CI-CD and AWS.
• Nice-to-have Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes experience.
• Able to collaborate across teams and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure for trader automation and system performance tracking.
• Build high-performance, low-latency products reacting to signals.
• Analyze live-streaming data to enable actionable decisions.
• Design tests to detect model changes from manual interactions.
• Develop, test, debug, and deploy production-grade components.
• Develop ML and statistical models for core algorithms and expansion to new sports.
• Create contextualized feature sets using sports domain knowledge.
• Partner with data engineering and product teams to deploy models.
• Improve model performance through rigorous experimentation.
• Assess model weaknesses and guide development priorities.
• Document work and present results to technical and non-technical partners.

Education

Bachelor’s in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, or related technical field

Master’s degree preferred

Python

SQL

Bayesian statistics

Probability theory

Machine learning

MCMC methods

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub / CI-CD

AWS

Job description

Company Description

Swish Analytics is a sports analytics, betting and fantasy startup building the next generation of predictive sports analytics data products. We believe that oddsmaking is a challenge rooted in engineering, mathematics, and sports betting expertise; not intuition. We're looking for team-oriented individuals with an authentic passion for accurate and predictive real-time data who can execute in a fast-paced, creative, and continually-evolving environment without sacrificing technical excellence. Our challenges are unique, so we hope you are comfortable in uncharted territory and passionate about building systems to support products across a variety of industries and consumer/enterprise clients.

Job Description

You’ll be joining a team that is working to develop the infrastructure for a system to optimize our simulation outputs based on a variety of external and internal signals. This role will work at the intersection of data science, trading, and data engineering to help develop and maintain trader automation algorithms that will react faster to signals as well as improve model accuracy. This position is remote from the USA or Canada.

Duties:

• Develop infrastructure for trader automation and system performance tracking

• Develop high-performance and low-latency products to react to external and internal signals

• Analysis of live-streaming data and turning it into actionable decisions

• Design and set up tests to detect unexpected changes to our models resulting from manual interactions.

• Use extensive experience to build, test, debug, and deploy production-grade components

• Ideate, develop, and improve machine learning and statistical models that drive Swish's core algorithms, growing into top-level simulation output modeling as we expand to new sports.

• Develop contextualized feature sets that draw on sports-specific domain knowledge.

• Contribute across all stages of model development — from proof-of-concept and beta testing to partnering with data engineering and product teams to deploy new models.

• Constantly improve model performance using insights from rigorous experimentation.

• Assess model performance, identify weaknesses, and use those findings to direct development efforts.

• Document your work and present it clearly to technical and non-technical partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related technical field; Master’s strongly preferred.

• 4+ years developing and delivering effective machine learning and/or statistical models to serve real business needs in sports analytics or sports betting.

• Experience in Probability Theory, Machine Learning, Inferential Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability, and a demonstrated drive to learn quickly in unfamiliar territory.

• Experience with Python and relational SQL.

• Strong foundation with source control (GitHub) and related CI/CD processes.

• Strong foundation working in AWS environments.

• Ideal candidates will have experience with Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes

• Ability to partner across teams on complex, ambiguous problems and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.

Base salary: Starting at $150,000 - DOE

Swish Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates who meet the qualifications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, genetic, military, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The position responsibilities are not limited to those outlined above and are subject to change. At the employer's discretion, this position may require successful completion of background and reference checks.