Smarkets is a betting exchange for sports and political trading that has handled over £29 billion in volume since 2010. Our company mission is to fix the betting industry with the best products and best prices. We are upending the sports betting industry by growing a transparent platform that offers the best value for bettors, with the fairest odds, best technology and a superior customer experience.

Smarkets is a Series B tech company that brings a professional, product-led approach to our mission. We embrace collaboration, trust, innovation and scientific rigour, while we celebrate ambitious goals and passionate energy. Our culture rewards people on merit and excellence and we strive to provide a working environment where recognition, challenges, support, collaboration, interesting benefits and shared meals provided by our chefs mix together to let you unlock your potential, grow with us and become your best self.

Join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our betting trading technology landscape.

You will be a specialist as part of the trading operations team and will work closely with other operational and outreach teams.

• You will own the Smarkets politics and current affairs betting product.
• You will be responsible for creating and managing markets in the space whilst also acting as an external facing ambassador to promote the product.

• Create interesting topical betting markets based on current real world happenings in Politics and Current affairs
• Odds compilation, risk management and settlement of prediction markets
• Write political articles and insights on the Smarkets News blog

• Strong interest in politics, prediction markets and betting.
• A vision for political prediction markets and an ability to push forward on technical changes.
• Good content writing ability
• Good knowledge of social media platforms.
• You have a good understanding of electoral systems around the world and the detail of how political systems work.
• You have worked with G-Suite and maybe some productivity tools.

Values

• Push to win
• Make others better
• Give a shit
• Be a pro
• Bring the energy

Our values are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe these are the fundamentals to ensure we are delivering what’s expected of us in the best way possible for ourselves and for those around us.

The starting salary range for the role will be £25,000  - £30,000 depending on experience with annual compensation reviews based on performance.

We offer a competitive salary package and benefits, along with a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Your work with us will make an impact and your voice will be heard.

We are a diverse team with a strong work ethic and plenty of hunger to win. We have designed our benefits offering around Health, Wealth, Lifestyle and Development.

These include:

• Stock options which vests over 4 years
• Pension scheme - An impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you choose the same
• Health insurance 
• Fresh fruit and snacks provided in the office everyday! (tea, coffee, soft drinks also included) 
• We’re a member of a cycle to work scheme
• We want to continue to invest in all our employees and do so by providing a £1000 yearly education budget that can be used on courses, conferences, books or training
• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays to enjoy - you have the choice to carry over 5 days to the next year!
• Flexible working - we want to provide a hybrid model approach to working and provide you with 2 days a week working from home.
• 20 days a year of globally working - we provide the ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year. 
• We will provide you lunch everyday in the office - you don’t need to worry about feeding your belly as we have it sorted with top quality food served by our in-house Chef Alex!