smarkets
Smarkets is a London-based betting exchange and prediction market platform offering secure, transparent trading on sports, politics, and current affairs events.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- CEO
- Jason Trost
About
At Smarkets, we believe technology excellence comes from small, collaborative teams with real ownership. Our engineers ship daily to production using Rust, Python, and cutting-edge infrastructure like Kubernetes and Kafka. We optimize for technical innovation and deep problem-solving - not facetime - which is why we've built one of the world's most sophisticated prediction markets. Our 90-person team across 26 nationalities brings diverse perspectives to build not just a pioneering product, but a world-class technology company where talent thrives. We care deeply about building the right way. Our high-performance environment blends deep business experience with commercial mindset, focusing on reliability, fault tolerance, and ultra-low latency in our 24/7 trading systems. From low-latency distributed services to real-time financial technology, we're always learning and pushing boundaries. We believe in using the best tools for the job while maintaining a culture of continuous improvement through peer review, mentorship, and shared technical leadership.