Quantitative Researcher; Founding Member at Sports Trading Firm
Quantitative Researcher; Founding Member
Sports Trading Firm
New York, NY
Full-time
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Posted 7 July 2026
AnalyticsMid-level
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Job Description
Description
We are building an institutional trading firm and liquidity provider for prediction markets.
Applicants must be based in the New York City Metro area.
Responsibilities
The Quantitative Researcher will lead all aspects of research with the goal of deploying production grade market making infrastructure, including;
- Develop market-making strategies using order book, trade, and event-level data.
- Design models for pricing real-world events with constant game state changes
- Build simulation and backtesting frameworks to evaluate trading strategies
- Develop risk, inventory, and position management models to optimize execution and portfolio performance across markets.
- Integrate with sports data vendors to ingest real-time data across multiple U.S. sports leagues
Qualifications
- Quantitative research, systematic trading, and/or data-driven sports betting
- Python, R, or other languages used for modeling, data analysis, and backtesting
- Experience working with large-scale market datasets, including historical pricing and orderbook data
- Experience with sports data and analytics is preferred, but not necessary
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or related fields
Compensation will include a large equity position in the company.