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Prediction Markets Researcher

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📍 New York, US💰Competitive🕐 Posted
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Job Description

About the Role

Prediction markets are the fastest-moving corner of trading right now, and the firms winning in them all need the same scarce thing: people who can actually price an event. We're hiring a Prediction Markets Researcher for a firm building a serious sports and event-contract book.

Responsibilities

  • Build the models that price events, sports, politics, and other market opportunities
  • Find edge and quantify it
  • Work with traders to put edge into live strategies
  • Watch how prediction markets really move and stay ahead of market dynamics

Requirements

  • Think in probabilities and expected value
  • Strong statistics background
  • Comfortable programming in Python
  • Genuinely obsessed with getting the number right

Preferred Experience

  • Quant researcher background from a trading firm
  • Sports modelling experience from a book or syndicate
  • Track record beating prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket

What We Offer

  • Real ownership of your work
  • Seat in a market that's still being built
  • Compensation that reflects the edge you bring

You don't need years in prediction markets. Almost nobody has them. You need the raw ability and the obsession.

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