Full-Time

Data Engineer

Swish Analytics

Swish Analytics

51-200 employees

Data analytics for sports betting predictions

Compensation Overview

$145k/yr

+ DOE

San Francisco, CA, USA

Remote

The description says the team is based in Europe, but the ATS location specifies remote work from the United States; no additional location constraint is stated.

Bachelor's

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Bash
Kubernetes
Python
Airflow
MySQL
Data Science
Git
SQL
Machine Learning
ETL
Data Engineering
AWS
REST APIs
DevOps

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Requirements
  • A Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related STEM field.
  • At least 4 years of demonstrated experience writing production-level Python code.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL, preferably MySQL, with demonstrated experience using Airflow.
  • Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes.
  • Experience building end-to-end extract, transform, and load pipelines.
  • Experience utilizing REST APIs.
  • Experience with Git version control, continuous integration and deployment, shell scripting, and cloud-computing infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services.
  • Experience with web scraping and cleaning unstructured data.
  • Knowledge of data science and machine learning concepts.
  • Professional working experience with Major League Baseball or National Basketball Association data.
Responsibilities
  • Support production systems and help triage issues during live sporting events.
  • Architect low-latency, real-time analytics systems, including raw data collection, feature development, and endpoint production.
  • Build new sports betting data products and prediction offerings.
  • Integrate large and complex real-time datasets into new consumer and enterprise products.
  • Develop production-level predictive analytics into enterprise-grade APIs.
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of new, fully automated sports data delivery frameworks.

Swish Analytics provides data analytics for sports betting and daily fantasy sports, offering algorithm-driven predictions and tools to help operators and bettors identify value bets and optimize ROI. Its product suite ingests sports data, runs predictive models, and delivers insights through configurable dashboards and subscription-based analytics for leagues such as NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL. A key differentiator is an Authorized MLB Data Distributor partnership, along with customizable data-led tools for both betting operators and sports enthusiasts. The goal is to help users make smarter bets and informed decisions by delivering accurate data-driven insights that improve ROI and support reliable predictive analytics in the sports betting and fantasy space.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$6.7M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • Altenar's 2024 and 2025 baseball upgrades show demand for Swish-powered micro-betting.
  • Swish's MLB authorization supports higher-quality live betting products than scraped-data competitors.
  • Open roles in 2026 indicate continued hiring despite legal pressure and market competition.

What critics are saying

  • Swish sued OddsJam in January 2025 over scraping; counter-litigation escalates customer churn.
  • Fresh 2026 lawsuits from OddsJam, OpticOdds, and RotoWire threaten costly injunctions.
  • If courts restrict Swish's MLB feeds, sportsbook revenue and brand credibility collapse quickly.

What makes Swish Analytics unique

  • MLB named Swish an authorized data distributor in 2019; Altenar extended in 2024.
  • Swish combines pricing, bet-builder tools, and real-time MLB data for operators.
  • Swish employs 200-plus workers in 2026, signaling operational scale beyond a niche startup.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

6%
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