Sports Trader (Sports Analytics)

Location: Onsite in Bala Cynwyd, Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania, United States

Company

hirify.global is a global quantitative trading firm using scientific research, technology, machine learning, and large datasets to develop systematic trading strategies.

What you will do

• Trade primarily American sports, including NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis, college football, college basketball, and soccer.
• Run and maintain pregame and in-game trading strategies to maximize expectancy and other business objectives.
• Analyze and recap past decision-making to improve future trading performance.
• Identify notable trading and market dynamics and suggest research areas for the quant team.
• Develop and discuss strategies and features to improve future trading.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, economics, or another technical discipline.
• Interest in at least one of NFL, NBA, college football, college basketball, soccer, tennis, or baseball.
• Exceptional quantitative, logical reasoning, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and remain flexible with hours and schedule.
• Ability to analyze thought processes, trading situations, and market dynamics for future analysis.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of data manipulation libraries such as Pandas and NumPy.

Culture & Benefits

• Intellectually driven and highly collaborative environment.
• Close collaboration among researchers, engineers, and traders.
• Opportunity to work with systematic trading strategies, machine learning, advanced quantitative research, and large datasets.
• Visa sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position now or in the future.