Our mission is to power the future of fan engagement.

Simplebet is a B2B sports technology company that uses machine learning and real-time solutions to make every moment of every sporting event a betting opportunity. We’re reimagining how people enjoy sports with products that are simple, intuitive, and entertaining. Our technology powers micro-betting capabilities of the leading operators around the globe.

SimpleBet is using modern technology to enable sports betting market creation and trading to become best-in-class with automation and algorithmic odds. This creates more betting opportunities between development of new markets, enables more efficient pricing and significantly increases uptime.

We are also recreating the sports betting user experience – enabling casual fans to interact with products that are simple, intuitive, and entertaining.

We are in growth mode as we look to enhance our risk management services team and provide our partners with a complete end-to-end solution for in-play wagering.

The Role: We're looking to hire a full-time US Sports Trader to oversee our specific markets for the following sports (NFL, CFB, CBB, NBA, MLB) on a game-by game basis. This role will be split between a few main responsibilities that include risk management, odds compiling, and live trading.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Monitoring all pricing for real-time odds and ensuring that our data flows from our data collections partners are being recorded accurately

- Live trading of all Simplebet related sports, currently NFL, CFB, CBB, NBA and MLB.

- Trading operations to include settlement of markets, suspension of markets and creation of markets

- Analyzing and monitoring risk in accordance with Simplebet risk management procedures.

- Enhancing customer experience with real-time support, communicating effectively with both internal and external partners regarding any feed issues or market mechanics

- Working closely with our Sportsbook Monitoring team to ensure that odds are being displayed accurately on operator’s sites

- Building out customer risk profiles and working with our Customer Analytics and Games team to enhance personalization within our betting ecosystem

- Monitoring and analyzing customer betting patterns and trends.

- Analyzing pricing and trading performance while working closely with our machine-learning-engineering team to enhance our models

- Maximizing uptime of all Simplebet markets with manual market creation if necessary

As a US Sports Trader, you'll play a pivotal role in the overall execution and performance of Simplebet markets. You will join a fast-growing team that is looking to revolutionize the power of in-play wagering. You will immediately gain an understanding of the different market types we offer, and how to manage these markets to ensure we maintain a high level of performance for our customers. This is an opportunity which requires working Saturdays and Sundays and holidays during live sporting events but with flexible hours throughout the week.

We'll trust you to:

Ensure our product mechanics are working as expected to display and result betting markets for the end user. You'll accomplish this by cross-referencing data from our data providers, internal tools, and Sportsbook partners, and intervening when necessary
Individual contributor that is live trading sporting events on a daily basis.
Work closely with our product and engineering teams to create and optimize tools to help make game-day operations more efficient
Communicate internally to recommend product improvements based on operations experience
Communicate with our Sportsbook partners to answer questions about live operation of our products

You'll need to have:

Experience working in a fast-paced and iterative environment
Experience with live operation of a product
Deep knowledge of sports and their rules - mainly NFL, CFB, CBB, NBA and MLB.
Strong desire to win and commitment to consistently improve each and every day.
Understanding of probabilities, approaching sporting events from an analytics perspective.
Good problem solver and strong communicator
You will be working from our Raleigh, NC office and are expected to have the ability to commute or willingness to relocate.

We'd love to see:

Experience in the Sports-Betting industry
Previous experience working with live sports data

What we offer:

Competitive salary and vacation commensurate to experience
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401k match
Starting salary is $45k

Simplebet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation for the interview process, and we will make every effort to provide it.