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Sports Trader

White Swan Data
LondonOn-site3mo ago
Employment
Full-time

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and operate the trading systems to maximise volume of trades while consistently hitting target performance metrics.
  • Monitor live markets and trading activity, identifying patterns, inefficiencies and emerging opportunities to support strategy development and optimisation.
  • Provide practical, real-time feedback to developers and quants to improve trading models, execution logic and system performance.
  • Work closely with the operational support team to streamline and optimise the end-to-end trading pipeline.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve practical problems quickly to minimise trading downtime and risk.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • 1+ year of experience as a sports trader. 
  • BSc in Mathematics or a related quantitative discipline (e.g. Physics, Economics, Engineering) is advantageous but not essential.
  • Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, identify patterns and draw practical conclusions.
  • Strong work ethic with a genuine desire to succeed in a results-oriented environment.
  • Ability to execute instructions precisely while clearly communicating technical issues or observations.
  • Comfortable balancing multiple tasks simultaneously, managing time effectively under pressure.
  • Willingness to work unsociable hours, including weekends, early mornings and late nights, aligned with global sporting schedules.
  • A good understanding of betting markets, exchanges or prediction markets is highly beneficial.
  • Proactive mindset with a natural curiosity to question, refine and improve processes.

Benefits

  • Salary depending on experience.
  • Annual discretionary performance bonus.

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