Low-latency trading software for sports betting markets
Longshot Systems builds high-throughput, low-latency trading systems for sports betting — processing thousands of signals per second with constraints similar to high-frequency trading shops. The stack is heavily quantitative (Python, NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Polars, Ray) paired with systems languages (C++, Rust, Go) and orchestration tools (Dagster, Prefect), reflecting an engineering org optimizing for both model iteration and production stability. Hiring is senior-weighted and concentrated in engineering and research, signaling active work on model improvement and infrastructure scaling rather than sales expansion.
Longshot Systems is a London-based startup founded in 2016 that develops trading software and tools for sports betting markets. The company's core product suite handles real-time decision-making under strict latency and throughput constraints — thousands of trading signals per second must be evaluated and acted upon with minimal delay. The team operates across engineering, data, and research functions, building machine learning models, maintaining historical data infrastructure, and integrating new trading venues. Active work spans model productionization, latency optimization, and platform scaling.
Python, NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Polars, Ray, C++, Rust, Go, Dagster, Prefect, and AWS. Stack emphasizes numerical computing and systems performance for real-time trading.
Developing new ML models, productionizing prototypes into production systems, integrating additional trading venues, optimizing latency and throughput, and evolving infrastructure for automation and repeatability.
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