Basketball Pricing Analyst, Sports Trader (NBA/WNBA)
FanDuel is looking for a Sports Trader to join its Trading Team, helping to shape the odds and betting markets that customers engage with. The role involves learning the core skills that power odds and markets, including how sports betting works, how models and data are used to manage prices, and how news and customer behaviour are monitored to keep pricing sharp.
This is a hybrid position with office presence required in Jersey City, NJ. In this role, expect to be predominantly in-office for hands-on training and core Trading tasks. The office contains an open space with a hot-desk environment. Each station has multiple monitors and there are TVs and constant noise in the office. The role requires working regular late shifts, typically 2:30pm–10:30pm ET, during the NBA season, which will include assisting the team with live basketball betting. This role requires weekend work.
- Learn to set and manage prices on football or hockey games, player stats, and futures markets - from pre-game to live in-play odds - using in-house tools and models.
- Monitor real-time news, stats, and industry pricing to help guide trading decisions.
- Trade live games in real time; make quick adjustments to pricing based on game flow, key events, and customer behavior.
- Collaborate with other Traders and work cross-functionally with Risk, Product, Marketing, and Compliance teams in a cooperative and inclusive environment.
- Help brainstorm new bet types or ways to improve the customer experience, with consideration for how fans engage with the game.
- Deep passion for either NFL, NCAAF or Hockey (required)
- General knowledge of other sports, ideally NBA for live market management, and MLB or WNBA for trading during the Football/NHL offseason (required)
- A bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience (required)
- Strong comfort with numbers, odds and probability, and quick mental math skills (required)
- Proficiency with Excel (required)
- Experience with SQL, Python, or R (nice-to-have)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (required)
- Comfortable making decisions under pressure, while staying responsive to rapidly changing information (required)
- Ability to work outside typical business hours, including nights and weekends (required)
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and to obtain a DGE license for trading activities (required)
- Health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits
- Generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance)
- 401k with up to a 5% match
- Commuter benefits
- Pet insurance
- 14 paid company holidays
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).