Prediction Markets Quant Analyst — Build & Deploy Signals

Moreton Capital Partners; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Moreton Capital Partners is building a dedicated prediction markets fund. As Quantitative Analyst you will own the research function, develop alpha signals, and collaborate with traders and engineers to move ideas from data to live deployment across events like sports, macro, geopolitics, and financial markets.

You will manage data ingestion, exploratory analysis, backtesting, and performance monitoring, building robust pipelines and research tools.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a quantitative field.
• Strong Python skills with experience building backtesting or research frameworks.
• Solid foundation in statistics, probability, time-series analysis, and machine learning.
• Demonstrated interest in prediction markets and related platforms.
• Ability to work independently and own a research workstream.

Responsibilities

• Conduct rigorous quantitative research to identify new alpha signals across prediction market categories (sports, macro, political, financial, environmental).
• Own end-to-end research process from data sourcing to live performance evaluation in collaboration with PM.
• Build and maintain data pipelines using diverse data sources (market microstructure, news, sentiment, sports data, fundamentals).
• Develop models for fair value estimation, calibration, and systematic strategy construction.
• Enhance MCP's internal research platform with tools and workflows to increase speed and rigor.

Skills

Python

Time-series

Statistics

Machine learning

Independence

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

scikit-learn

Job description

Moreton Capital Partners is building a dedicated prediction markets fund. As Quantitative Analyst you will own the research function, develop alpha signals, and collaborate with traders and engineers to move ideas from data to live deployment across events like sports, macro, geopolitics, and financial markets.

You will manage data ingestion, exploratory analysis, backtesting, and performance monitoring, building robust pipelines and research tools.