What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sports Trader position at Susquehanna International Group, LLP?
Overview
This is a trading role in which you will be making quick decisions to trade a wide swath of sports and political products using in house models and technology.
In this role you will:
- Trading mainly American sports – NFL, NBA, MLB, Tennis, NCAAF, NCAAB, Football (Soccer)
- Running and maintaining strategies to trade pregame and in-game to maximize expectancy (and other business objectives)
- Analyzing and recapping past decision making to improve future trading decisions
- Noting interesting trading and market dynamics to suggest areas of research for the quant team
- Brainstorming useful strategies and features to improve future trading
What we’re looking for
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical discipline such as Math, Stats, Computer Science, Physics, Economics etc.
- Interest in some subset of -- NFL, NBA, NCAAF, NCAAM, Soccer, Tennis, or Baseball
- Exceptional quantitative, logical reasoning, and analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to be flexible with hours and schedule
- Knowledge of data manipulation libraries such as Pandas/NumPy is a plus
- Ability to recap and analyze thought processes, trading situations, and market dynamics for future analysis
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Visa sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position now or in the future.
Susquehanna does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will become the property of Susquehanna and no fee will be paid.
