Software Engineer Modelling

Job Description

Football Radar is an exciting company which is disrupting the football analytics industry. For over ten years we have successfully developed football analytical frameworks and statistical models, and as a result we have become a market leader in providingdata and football odds for the betting industry.The company was founded with one clear vision in mind: to become the number one experts on football. With a unique approach that combines statistical modelling with innovative data collection and subjective inputfrom highly skilled analysts, we believe that we can continue to take our understanding of the game to new levels.As weve expanded we have found it important to uphold the principles that drove us in the first place and for us football is still a passionas well as a job. We see ourselves as an interesting mix of start-up and established business with the flexibility of the former and the security of the latter.***About the role:*At Football Radar, we analyse and predict football matches. Working as a SoftwareEngineer in the Modelling team, you will be responsible for helping build and maintain the software that makes that possible - everything from large-scale statistical models to high-speed simulators.Our modelling engineers work closely with other engineersacross the Analysis, Trading and Systems teams, and also with our data scientists, with whom new models are designed, implemented and tested. Most of our code is built in Scala, with a little C++ and Python scattered around our suite of models.You dont needto be an expert in any language for this role, however: well help you learn what you need to know. We are just looking for great engineers who are passionate about their work. If you like a challenge, and want to work with really smart people, we would liketo hear from you.*About Football Radar **Engineering:*We have a polyglot and diverse engineering team. Some have a background in start-ups, some in academia, some are refugees from the bureaucracy of finance. We tend to work in small teams, rotating aroundas projects evolve. The atmosphere in the team is really important to us, and our software is a collaborative effort. Anyone can bring ideas to the table, and the best idea wins.We like to experiment, because thats how we learn. We try not to be preciousabout technology: we want to pick the best tool for the job, and we dont want to reinvent the wheel. We each plan our own time, and work the hours that suit each of us best.Our recent projects have included: simulating millions of minutes of football; modellingplayer performance; backtesting new ideas for our statistical models; web applications for our analysts to record brand new information about football matches; real-time data processing from external sources; real-time pricing based on in-running footballmodel; and complex live-updating dashboards to monitor trading systems.We dont have a big, long-term corporate career plan or in house learning programme, but we do want our developers to be passionate and engaged. Well pay for any conferences, trainingcourses or books youre interested in. If theres something you want to learn, we want to help.***Requirements:** Excellent programming ability* Excellent written and spoken English* Advanced analytical and mathematical skills* Available to work in the UK*Senior and junior applicants welcome***Bonus skills:** Degree in computer science, maths, statistics, physics or related field* Distributed systems experience* Full stack development experience* Functional programming knowledge* An appreciation for UX, usabilityand user-centred development* Passion for football or statistical models-* Pension* Tech equipment* Flexible working* Private healthcare* Two stage remote process* Both stages consist of technical questionsScala, Python, Machine LearningScala, C++, Python