Remote Senior Sports Modeling Lead

Underdog; United States; Presencial; USD 135.000 - 185.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Virtual-first culture

Health plan

Descripción de la vacante

Underdog is seeking a seasoned Sports Modeler to join our team as a senior contributor to the quantitative engine behind our prediction market operations. You’ll own high-impact models from first research to production monitoring, collaborating with Trading and Engineering to production‑ize ideas with rigor.

You will apply Bayesian methods to synthesize internal estimates with external prices and trader observations, ensuring robust fair-value views while preserving data integrity and

Formación

• Front-runner in sports modeling and quantitative research.
• Proven ability to build calibrated probabilistic models for markets.
• Strong knowledge of Bayesian methods and backtesting.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and validate simulation-based predictive and pricing models across sports and markets.
• Translate sport mechanics and data into outcome distributions and probabilities.
• Own model lifecycle from framing to deployment and monitoring.
• Apply Bayesian inference to update priors with new information and assess price changes.

Conocimientos

Python

Bayesian inference

GitHub

Sports modeling

Market dynamics

Code debugging

Team collaboration

AI tools

Herramientas

GitHub

Descripción del empleo

Underdog is seeking a seasoned Sports Modeler to join our team as a senior contributor to the quantitative engine behind our prediction market operations. You’ll own high-impact models from first research to production monitoring, collaborating with Trading and Engineering to production‑ize ideas with rigor.

You will apply Bayesian methods to synthesize internal estimates with external prices and trader observations, ensuring robust fair-value views while preserving data integrity and