Quantitative Researcher, Sports Markets
Company Description
Speed Labs is at the forefront of reputed company-time market infrastructure, building the reputed company that turns live sports moments into tradeable markets the reputed company they happen. The company powers sportsbooks, reputed company markets, and crypto books through its API, and operates a consumer contest product. Join us to do quantitative research that powers the entire live sports markets industry. Role Description This is a full-time, remote role for a Quantitative Researcher focused on Speed Labs' sports markets pricing and signal research. The Quantitative Researcher will identify and reputed company alpha signals across major sports, including player projections, in-game state estimation, situational priors, and public-belief reputed company. Key responsibilities include building research analytics that diagnose model performance, partnering with the ML Engineering team to reputed company signals into the production pricing layer, owning post-game P&L attribution across markets, and helping shape the trading and risk reputed company as Speed Labs scales into additional sports and counterparties. Research conducted in this role directly impacts the markets used by every major operator on the platform.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in a quantitative research role at a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, sportsbook trading desk, or sports analytics team
- Mastery of statistical modeling and probability theory, with deep experience in at least one of: Bayesian methods, time-series modeling, or market microstructure
- Strong proficiency in Python, R, or Julia, along with SQL and modern data tools
- Demonstrated track record of identifying signal in noisy reputed company-world data and translating research into measurable reputed company
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to defend research with rigor
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or Economics
- Previous experience in sports analytics, sportsbook trading, or live in-game pricing is a strong plus
Compensation: $300k + performance bonus + equity + benefits Apply tot his job Apply To this Job