Prediction Markets Quant Trader & Researcher

Trireme; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Trireme is expanding its quantitative research capability into prediction markets and event-driven trading. The role requires building and operating systematic strategies where market prices reflect probabilities of real-world outcomes.

You will research statistics, market microstructure, and news-driven data to identify edge while accounting for liquidity, costs and model uncertainty. Candidates should be proficient in Python.

Qualifications

• Strong background in quantitative methods and statistical reasoning.
• Ability to build models from noisy data and incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Research and build systematic and discretionary strategies for prediction markets.
• Construct models estimating real-world event probabilities and compare with market prices.
• Develop data pipelines for econ, political, financial and other event data.
• Research cross-market arbitrage and mispricing opportunities.
• Analyze order books, liquidity, and market depth to inform sizing and risk controls.
• Monitor live strategy performance and update probabilities as new information arrives.

Skills

Probability & statistics

Quantitative research

Market microstructure

Event-driven trading

NLP & information processing

Tools

Python

Pandas

Job description

Trireme is expanding its quantitative research capability into prediction markets and event-driven trading. The role requires building and operating systematic strategies where market prices reflect probabilities of real-world outcomes.

You will research statistics, market microstructure, and news-driven data to identify edge while accounting for liquidity, costs and model uncertainty. Candidates should be proficient in Python.