Senior Quantitative Developer at Smarkets overseeing trading strategies and improving post trading analysis. Collaborating with technical teams and developing new market pricing abilities.
Responsibilities
You will own a suite of our trading strategies and be responsible for overseeing and maintaining them through post trading analysis and improvement of their business logic
You will research and develop new abilities to enable us to price more markets profitably using a mix of correlations/derivatives and fundamental modelling
You will use and develop automated reporting to improve our post trade analysis
You display strong analytical and problem-solving kills, able to clean and analyse large datasets and dissect the results you’re seeing into real world explanations
You are able to communicate complex problems and collaborate with technical and non technical teams
You are proactive and a self starter, able to come up with ideas and solutions to improve our trading performance
You display pragmatism and are able to balance short term results with good design for future reiteration
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in related disciplines (Maths, CompSci, Physics or Stats)
Interest in modelling sports data
Strong understanding of probability and statistical prediction
Proficiency with Python (including numpy, pandas) and SQL
Machine learning experience
Passion for professional sports and an understanding of sports rules is a must
Keen interest in developing trading strategies
Prior experience working in the sports betting industry *or* a trading environment either institutionally or for yourself
Benefits
Stock options which vests over 4 years
Pension scheme - an impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you choose the same
Health insurance
Fresh fruit and snacks provided in the office everyday! (tea, coffee and soft drinks also included)
We're a member of a cycle to work scheme
£1000 yearly education budget that can be used on courses, conferences, books or training
25 days paid holiday + bank holidays to enjoy - you have the choice to carry over 5 days to the next year!
Flexible working - we want to provide a hybrid model approach to working and provide you with 2 days a week working from home
20 days a year of global working - we provide the ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year
We will provide lunch everyday in the office - you don't need to worry about what to make or buy for lunch as we have it sorted with top quality food served by our in-house chef Alex!
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