Quantitative Trader – Sports Prediction Markets
Overview
A fast-growing trading firm focused on sports-based prediction markets is seeking highly analytical and entrepreneurial Quantitative Traders to join its team. The firm is active across major U.S. sports leagues, including basketball, baseball, and American football, deploying data-driven strategies to price and trade event-based contracts.
This role sits at the intersection of quantitative trading, sports analytics, and emerging prediction market platforms.
Role Responsibilities
- Develop and execute systematic and discretionary trading strategies across sports prediction markets
- Build probabilistic models to price outcomes in basketball, baseball, and football events
- Identify and exploit inefficiencies across multiple prediction market venues
- Monitor live markets and manage risk dynamically during games and news events
- Conduct research on market microstructure, liquidity patterns, and behavioral biases
- Collaborate with engineers and researchers to improve execution, tooling, and data pipelines
- Track performance and refine strategies based on empirical results
Candidate Profile
- Strong quantitative background (mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, or similar)
- Experience in trading, sports analytics, or probabilistic modeling
- Familiarity with prediction markets or event-driven trading is highly valued
- Demonstrated interest or participation in platforms such as decentralized or centralized prediction markets (this may include independent or side trading activity)
- Comfort working with data (Python, R, or similar tools preferred)
- Strong intuition for probability, risk, and market dynamics
- Passion for sports and a deep understanding of at least one major U.S. league
Additional Context
- Candidates who actively trade or experiment with prediction markets alongside other professional commitments are particularly interesting, as this often reflects genuine market intuition and curiosity
- The team values independent thinkers who have explored these markets organically, whether as a primary focus or as a complementary pursuit
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation with performance-based upside
- Opportunity to work at the forefront of a rapidly evolving market structure
- Access to proprietary data, tooling, and trading infrastructure
- Collaborative, low-bureaucracy environment with high ownership
