Senior quantitative analyst - sports syndicate

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An advanced sports betting firm is seeking a Senior Quantitative Analyst in Slough to lead the development of proprietary sports betting models. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing models from scratch and a strong understanding of Bayesian statistics, complemented by programming skills in Python or R.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in developing sports betting models.
• Strong understanding of Bayesian statistics and filtering techniques.
• Domain knowledge of global sports, especially US sports.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of proprietary betting models.
• Apply statistical methods to enhance model accuracy.

Skills

Bayesian statistics

Modelling

Statistics

Python

R

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Senior quantitative analyst - sports syndicate, slough

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Client:

Harrington Starr

Location:

slough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Hybrid/remote

My client is an advanced sports betting firm with a seriously high performing quantitative analytics and research team. I am looking for a senior quant analyst/data scientist with a strong background in modelling, statistics and sports to join and lead the development of multiple proprietary betting models.

Job Requirements:

• 4+ years' experience (ideally in a syndicate) developing sports betting models from scratch, in any sport
• Strong fundamental understanding of Bayesian statistics, variational inference, filtering techniques, state space and hierarchical models
• Excellent proficiency in any programming language, but with a preference for Python or R
• Strong domain knowledge of the global sporting arena, with particular emphasis on US sports

For more information about the role and package, please reach out to [emailprotected]