Quantitative Researcher Prediction Markets Quant Trading

Quantitative Researcher - Prediction Markets, Quant Trading

Dallas, Texas Trading – Quant Middle Office / Full-time / Remote

apply for this job We’re building a new quantitative research team focused on pricing, market-making, and risk models for prediction markets. This is a highly hands-on role for someone who can operate end-to-end: data engineering, research, modeling, and close collaboration with traders, across sports and non-sports event markets and a range of contract types, including single-outcome markets, player props, and parlays.

Responsibilities:

• Build data foundation, transform raw data into pricing inputs
• Research and develop quantitative pricing, market-making, and risk models across sports, non-sports, player props, parlays, and correlated markets
• Model cross-market dependencies, correlations, and portfolio effects, especially for combinatorial products such as parlays
• Partner closely with traders to improve pricing logic, market coverage, and trading performance
• Build frameworks for backtesting, simulation, and model validation
• Create tools to monitor model performance, calibration, P&L attribution, and live trading outcomes
• Help define the tooling, workflow, and research standards for a new team

Requirements:

• Strong quantitative background in statistics, math, ML, economics, or a related field
• Experience building models in trading, sports, betting, prediction markets, or similar domains
• Strong Python/data skills and comfort owning data pipelines as well as modeling
• Ability to move quickly from raw data to research insight to production-ready mode
• High ownership, strong communication skills and comfortable with fast-paced high growth environment

$100,000 - $150,000 a year We may use artificial intelligence tools to analyze the content of your Resume/CV against the specific requirements for the position. The purpose is to support our recruitment team in reviewing applications more effectively. These tools assist our recruitment team in their evaluation of your application by providing recommendations, but they do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans who consider the insights generated by the tools along with other relevant information. If you would like more details about how your personal information is processed, please contact us. apply for this job When applying, mention the word CANDYSHOP to show you read the job post completely.