CareerPlan

Machine Learning Researcher - Quantitative Trading- Leading Market-Maker / Hedge Fund

London, England, GBFull-time2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Use Machine Learning to extract signals and insights from vast datasets of market data, analysing data, building and testing models and developing new trading strategies.

Role type

Senior Machine Learning Researcher (Quantitative Trading)

Builds

Alpha generation within trading teams and broader ML research across the firm

Domain

Financial markets / Quantitative trading

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep Machine Learning expertise, Strong programming skills, Quantitative problem-solving, Experience with large datasets, Broad understanding of modern ML techniques, Ability to balance research with pragmatic solutions

Preferred skills

Trading or financial markets experience

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Extract signals and insights from vast datasets of market data, Analyse data, Build and test ML models, Develop new trading strategies, Experiment with model architectures, feature transformations and hyperparameters, Make pragmatic decisions about which approaches are appropriate for a particular problem

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC