Quantitative researcher - sports syndicate

Sports quantitative researcherHybrid, London (3 days onsite)My client is an advanced sports betting firm with a seriously high performing quantitative analytics and research team. I am looking for a senior quant analyst/data scientist with a strong background in modelling, statistics and sports to join and lead the development of multiple proprietary betting models.Job Requirements:2+ years\’ experience (ideally in a syndicate) developing sports betting models from scratch, in any sportStrong fundamental understanding of Bayesian statistics, variational inference, filtering techniques, state space and hierarchical modelsMSc+ level degree from well respected university in any STEM subjectExcellent proficiency in any programming language, but with a preference for Python or RStrong domain knowledge of the global sporting arena, with particular emphasis on US sportsFor more information about the role and package, please reach out to kate.jenkinson@harringtonstarr.com