What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quantitative Modeller - Sports Modelling position at OpenBet?
Company Description
OpenBet is sport. The world's top sports betting brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored services. We have their back. So they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences, to entertain millions of players worldwide.
OpenBet’s mission is to power growth and player engagement for operators through a global betting ecosystem that delivers at scale, at speed, at every great sports event. Our 1000 talented colleagues are the market's top team. We achieve billions of bets in a season; 60,000 per second (more transactions than Amazon on Prime Day); 100% uptime (zero Superbowl crashes!) and we're built on 25 years of imaginative technology that is iterated daily.
OpenBet has established a premium client base of more than 75 operators worldwide and has 34 licences across the fastest growing regulated sports betting markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The team is growing at scale driven by accelerated demand for our products and significant investment. We offer the speed, dynamism and growth opportunities of a start-up, underpinned by the stability and strength of a global employer.
Working at OpenBet every day is an opportunity for you to create exciting betting entertainment for millions of sports fans across the globe.
Want to be part of our evolving future growth?
Job Description
The Sports Modelling unit of the Data Science team is looking for a Quantitative Modeller that will be responsible for creating pre-match and in-play sports betting forecasting models. The role will be based in Athens.
Key Responsibilities
- Fetch appropriate data from the data-lake.
- Apply data cleansing methods to identify corrupt or inaccurate data entries.
- Apply statistical techniques to identify patterns in the data.
- Create models for various pre-match and in-play betting markets.
- Implement models in object-oriented programming language.
- Evaluate and maintain existing models.
- Document the process followed.
- Report to the Director of Data Science on workflow and share findings with the Data Science team.
- Collaborate closely with product owners and software developers to move projects from idea to integration.
- Communicate with clients the key elements that govern the model.
Qualifications
Essential
- A postgraduate qualification in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics or a closely related quantitative field.
- 3 years of working experience or a PhD in a quantitative field.
- Advanced programming skills: (a) statistical programming (R or Python), (b) object-oriented programming (C# or Java) and (c) SQL.
- Experience with various modelling techniques (e.g. Probability Distributions, GLMs, Monte Carlo Simulations, Bayesian Inference, Time-Series Analysis etc.)
- A demonstrable interest in developing forecasting models for sports.
- A good understanding of betting concepts and markets.
Desirable
- 2 years working experience in the betting industry.
- Knowledge of modern Machine Learning methodologies (e.g. Neural Networks, Random Forests, GBMs, SVMs etc.).
- Experience with data visualisation platforms (e.g. Tableau, Qlik Sense, R-shiny etc.).
- Experience with version control platforms (e.g. GitHub, Gitlab, Bitbucket etc.)
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
Personal
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- You must have a strong work ethic and outstanding interpersonal skills.
- You must be self-motivated, a team-player and a creative thinker.
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Additional Information
Why would you enjoy working with us at OpenBet?
Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace
The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis and the possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow
Tangible and genuine development - at OpenBet, you can take your career where you want it to go!
And if that’s not enough; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.
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