Quantitative Researcher - Prediction Markets

<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">cutting-edge</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Our Founding Partners</span></span><em><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> </span></span></em><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">operate</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> from </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">additional</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> offices in </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Sydney, Shanghai, London, and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Singapore</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">What you’ll do as a Quantitative Researcher at Akuna:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559738":240,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Akuna's Prediction Markets team is looking to add a Quantitative Researcher focused on sports related contracts. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing Akuna’s sports pricing capabilities, working closely with development and trading teams to refine and deploy these models alongside our strategies. This position offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on an exciting new desk at Akuna. The ideal candidate will possess strong programming and analytical skills, a creative mindset, and a passion for sports. In this role you will: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559738":240,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Design and develop data capture pipelines to enable the pricing of a variety of sports contracts (match outcomes, player props, in-game events)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Develop and calibrate pricing models using historical data in service of in-play quoting of sports contracts.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-fon