FanDuel is a leading mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada, seeking a Sports Trader to join their Trading Team. The role involves shaping odds and betting markets for emerging sports, requiring a passion for these sports and a willingness to learn about sports betting and trading.
Responsibilities
- Learning to set and manage prices on emerging sports events, player stats, and futures markets — from pre-game to live in-play odds — using our in-house tools and models
- Monitoring real-time news, stats, and industry pricing to help guide trading decisions
- Trading live games in real time; making quick adjustments to pricing based on game flow, key events, and customer behavior
- Collaborating with other Traders and working cross-functionally with Risk, Product, Marketing, and Compliance teams in a cooperative and inclusive environment
- Helping brainstorm new bet types or ways to improve the customer experience, with consideration for how fans engage with the game
Skills
- A deep passion for at least one of the sports mentioned in the position section, the more sports/competitions the better
- General knowledge of other sports, ideally NBA for live market management
- A bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience. Recent or soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to apply
- Strong comfort with numbers, odds and probability, and quick mental math skills
- It's important to understand how odds relate to probability (%), and how betting markets work in that sense. You do not have to bet yourself
- Proficiency with Excel
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, plus the curiosity to research and stay ahead of news and trends
- Comfortable making decisions under pressure, while staying responsive to rapidly changing information
- Ability to work outside typical business hours, including nights and weekends. Traders work roughly 50-70 weekend shifts per year (only ever 5 days per week)
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S and to obtain a DGE license for trading activities
- Experience with SQL, Python, or R is a bonus, but not required
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- A 401(k) matching program
- Paid personal time off
- 14 paid company holidays
- Paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws
Company Overview
- FanDuel is a gaming company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino games. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.fanduel.com.