Quant Trader – Sports Event Market Making

About the role

This specialist quant trading position focuses on market making for sports prediction contracts. You will operate at the intersection of data analytics, probabilistic modelling and live sports markets, providing liquidity and managing risk across a broad range of events.

Key responsibilities

• Systematically provide liquidity by posting buy and sell offers, managing spreads and facilitating efficient market operations.
• Continuously monitor sports prediction markets—including soccer, basketball, baseball, football and eSports—for price movements, liquidity shifts and volatility patterns.
• Manage overall portfolio risk, position limits and exposure caps, adjusting strategies in real time based on new information.
• Conduct pre‑market and post‑market analysis of upcoming sporting events to identify pricing opportunities and tail risks.
• Place trades across multiple markets simultaneously, responding rapidly to live odds, news flow and betting dynamics.
• Test and provide liquidity for newly listed sports contracts as part of business‑as‑usual trading.
• Analyse trade outcomes, refine predictive models, and review execution quality.
• Collaborate with developers and risk managers to improve trading infrastructure, pricing engines and execution logic.
• Prepare end‑of‑day performance summaries, risk reports and compliance documentation.

Required profile

• Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science or a related quantitative discipline; advanced degree is a strong advantage.
• 5+ years of profitable sports prediction trading experience on a leading trading desk, proprietary trading firm or market‑making environment.
• Deep understanding of sports prediction market mechanics, order‑flow dynamics, liquidity behaviour and pricing inefficiencies.
• Demonstrable track record of building and deploying quantitative models for live trading.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to join a high‑growth, technology‑driven trading desk at an early, formative stage.
• Access to institutional‑grade infrastructure and deep liquidity across digital assets, derivatives and prediction markets.
• Collaborative environment with developers, risk managers and senior traders.