Football Quant: Predictive Modelling & Research

Smartodds Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

In-house chef

In-house masseuse

Team sporting events

20% Brentford FC merch discount

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel season ticket loan

Offsite trips

Job summary

Smartodds Ltd is seeking a Quantitative Analyst - Football to join our North London team. You will translate research models into deployable code, produce accurate predictions for football betting markets, and collaborate with a team that values rigorous statistics and reproducible research.

You will work within a structured framework, have autonomy over your ideas from concept to validation, and benefit from dedicated time for skill development and progression into more senior roles.

Qualifications

• MSc in Statistics or a related field with 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• PhD or equivalent in Statistics or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Extend predictive models for football and develop new ones.
• Own and execute research projects with updates and delivery estimates.
• Develop and maintain software supporting model predictions and mathematical libraries.

Skills

Statistics

GAMs/GLMs

R

Python

Communication

Education

MSc in Statistics or related

PhD or equivalent (preferred)

Tools

mgcv

data.table

testthat

Job description

Smartodds Ltd is seeking a Quantitative Analyst - Football to join our North London team. You will translate research models into deployable code, produce accurate predictions for football betting markets, and collaborate with a team that values rigorous statistics and reproducible research.

You will work within a structured framework, have autonomy over your ideas from concept to validation, and benefit from dedicated time for skill development and progression into more senior roles.