Tennis Data Scientist @ Swish Analytics
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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 are 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.
Job Description
Swish Analytics is hiring a Tennis Data Scientist to join our ever-growing team! As a Tennis Data Scientist, you will support our Sports Data Models by developing core components of Swish's data products.
Duties
- Ideate, develop and improve machine learning and statistical models for state-of-the-art sports betting products.
- Develop contextualized feature sets using sports specific domain knowledge.
- Contribute to all stages of model development, from proof-of-concepts to deployment.
- Continuously improve model performance using rigorous offline and online experimentation insights.
- Analyze outputs to assess model performance and identify weaknesses.
- Adhere to software engineering best practices and contribute to shared code repositories.
- Document modeling work and present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science or related field (Master's preferred).
- Experience developing models at production scale for tennis or sports betting.
- Expertise in Probability Theory, Machine Learning, Inferential Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods.
- Minimum of 4+ years experience delivering effective machine learning/statistical models in sports or sports betting.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL and Python.
- Experience with source control tools (GitHub) and CI/CD processes.
- Experience working in AWS environments.
- Strong leadership skills with proven ability to solve complex problems collaboratively.
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Compensation
Base salary ranging from $120,000 to $175,000 depending on experience.
Equal Opportunity
Swish Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered.
Key skills/competency
- Tennis
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Statistical Models
- Sports Betting
- Python
- AWS
- SQL
- Leadership
- Model Deployment
How to Get Hired at Swish Analytics
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Swish Analytics culture: Understand mission, vision, and latest projects.
- Customize your resume: Tailor skills to sports analytics and ML roles.
- Showcase technical expertise: Highlight Python, SQL, and AWS experience.
- Prepare for interviews: Practice explaining model development stages clearly.