Quant job alert — Swish
Swish Analytics posted for a Senior Quantitative Researcher in San Francisco paying about $155K for risk‑modeling work — a concrete hire for analytics talent (x.com). Parallel social threads show sportsbook/NBA prop systems heating up — one account flagged a 76% hit rate on recent NBA plays (22–7 run), underscoring demand for quant trading and model ops skills ( ).
Swish’s public careers page frames the company as a sports‑analytics, betting and fantasy startup building predictive sports‑analytics data products. (swishanalytics.na.teamtailor.com)) The job description explicitly calls for building Monte Carlo simulations, processing high‑frequency tick data and order‑book snapshots, and designing stress‑testing and VaR frameworks for tail‑risk and regime changes. (sportsjobs.online)) Postings on multiple boards list a 5–8 year experience range and expect candidates to own end‑to‑end production research pipelines, optimize strategy backtests, and mentor junior researchers; the opening appeared on CareerBuilder and similar sites within the last month. (sportsjobs.online)) The same vacancy is mirrored across ZipRecruiter, TheLadders and Built In San Francisco, indicating the role is being distributed widely through recruitment platforms. (ziprecruiter.com)) Independent prop‑tracking and betting analytics services show short‑term player‑prop hit‑rate streaks regularly cross the 70% mark on last‑N windows and publish daily projections and pick lists that sportsbooks and bettors watch in real time. (dailyfantasyfuel.com)) Swish’s listing stresses building real‑time risk monitoring, automated risk controls and production model‑ops — capabilities that map directly to the operational needs signaled by the uptick in prop‑analytics activity. (sportsjobs.online))
