AI Research Scientist - New York- Global Quant Firm
Core
Leading an open-ended research project from concept to production to generate signals from unstructured data using machine learning and LLMs.
Role type
Senior IC AI Research Scientist (Quant/ML)
Builds
Production ML models and tools for trading signals
Domain
Quantitative finance / High-Frequency Trading
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning system design, language modeling architectures (transformers, SSMs), Python, C++, quantitative problem solving, model design, infrastructure development
Preferred skills
HPC and distributed large model training, GPU performance optimization, end-to-end LLM development
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX
Responsibilities
Lead research projects from concept to production, find compelling problems for LLM capabilities, collaborate with trading teams, improve model design and infrastructure
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
