Soccer Data Scientist

Reposted One Month Ago
Hiring Remotely in San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office or Remote
130K-130K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Sports • Analytics
The Role
Develop, validate, and deploy soccer-focused machine learning and statistical models for sports betting; create contextual features, run offline/online experiments, collaborate with engineering and product teams, document work, and present results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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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

Swish Analytics is looking for a Soccer Data Scientists to join our ever-growing team! Data Science is at the core of our business, so this team has true ownership and impact over developing core components of Swish's data products.  This position is remote from the USA.

Duties:

  • Ideate, develop and improve machine learning and statistical models that drive Swish’s core algorithms for producing state-of-the-art sports betting products.

  • Develop contextualized feature sets using sports specific domain knowledge.

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

  • Strive to constantly improve model performance using insights from rigorous offline and online experimentation.

  • Analyze results and outputs to assess model performance and identify model weaknesses for directing development efforts.

  • Adhere to software engineering best practices and contribute to shared code repositories.

  • Document modeling work and present to stakeholders and other technical and non-technical partners.

Requirements:

  • Masters degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science or related technical subject area

  • Demonstrated experience developing models at production scale for Soccer, or sports betting for 2+ years

  • Expertise in Probability Theory, Machine Learning, Inferential Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods

  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience developing and delivering effective machine learning and/or statistical models to serve business needs in sports or sports betting

  • Experience with relational SQL & Python

  • Experience with source control tools such as GitHub and related CI/CD processes

  • Experience working in AWS environments etc

  • Proven track record of strong leadership skills. Has shown ability to partner with teams in solving complex problems by taking a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions

  • Excellent communication skills to both technical and non-technical audiences

Base Salary: Starting at $130,000

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 the responsibilities outlined above and are subject to change. At the employer’s discretion, this position may require successful completion of background and reference checks.

Skills Required

  • Masters degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science or related technical subject area
  • Demonstrated experience developing models at production scale for Soccer or sports betting for 2+ years
  • Expertise in Probability Theory, Machine Learning, Inferential Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience developing and delivering effective machine learning and/or statistical models to serve business needs in sports or sports betting
  • Experience with relational SQL & Python
  • Experience with source control tools such as GitHub and related CI/CD processes
  • Experience working in AWS environments
  • Proven track record of strong leadership and cross-team collaboration
  • Excellent communication skills to both technical and non-technical audiences
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The Company
170 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Swish Analytics builds predictive sports-analytics products and B2B betting solutions, specializing in odds origination, risk management, and trading software for major U.S. sports. Using machine learning and statistical modeling, it prices player propositions and delivers real-time predictive data for sportsbooks, fantasy platforms, and sports organizations across U.S. and international markets, offering enterprise APIs and analytics to drive automated oddsmaking and trading decisions.

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