Quantitative Analyst
Company: Betclic
Salary:
Location: Full remote or Bordeaux (France) or Sliema (Malta)
WE ARE BETCLIC
A leader in Europe in sports betting and online games, Betclic is a French company with:
- 🧑🤝🧑 A community of 15 million players sport fans
- ⭐️ a wide range of sports betting, poker, casino games, and online horse betting
- ⚽️ More than 50 sports open to betting
- 📅 400,000 sports events available to bet on each year
- 🖥 60,000 live sporting events broadcast each month
- 🎰 More than 4,000 casino games to try out
- 🃏 Over 2 million poker games played each month
- 🚀 numerous official partnerships such as in France the FFF, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, the Coupe de France, Rugby Top 14 (LNR), the Betclic Elite in basketball (LNB), UBB, Boxers de Bordeaux…
- 🌏 Headquartered in Bordeaux, Betclic is a multicultural and international company with more than 43 nationalities among its over 1000 employees in five European countries: France, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Portugal.
Does the world of sports and games fascinate you? If you are a team-player, are ready to take on a new challenge, and have the ambition to build new solutions to offer our players a new and unique experience…
Betclic invites you to join the adventure!
#JoinBetclic #WeAreBetclic
We are seeking a Quantitative Analyst with a passion for sports and mathematics to
enrich our team. The role involves algorithm design and statistical modelling with a deep understanding of sports betting. Your research, accuracy and creativity will drive the performance and sophistication of our betting product and trading systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and Enhance Mathematical Models and Algorithms: Design and Build scaleable and consistent sport pricing and trading models across various dimensions, including in running (live betting), prematch, and betbuilder scenarios.
- Platform Development: Support the development of a scaleable and robust platform to host and develop sports mathematical models. This platform will be instrumental in generating betting odds for both live and prematch offers and measuring performance, ensuring our technology and user experience remains at the forefront of the betting industry.
- Collaboration and Integration: Work closely with the Trading team to price and manage betting markets effectively. Partner with Tech teams to integrate your models. Collaborate closely with Product and Risk teams to understand user experience and forecast impact, and Data Science functions to create shared knowledge and methods.
- Competitive Analysis and Research. Engage in continuous academic and industry research to refine our betting models and methodologies. Share mathematical and technical insight throughout the organisation.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- A Master’s in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related
- field or Ph.D.
- Strong knowledge of statistical modelling, probability theory, and Bayesian methodologies.
- Experience with cloud-based platforms, software development, data engineering, and ML ops.
- Proven experience in a quantitative role within the sports betting industry.
- Experience in developing and implementing betting models for prematch, live events, and betbuilder systems.
- Attention to detail, creativity, and open communication is prioritised in the team.