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Senior Member of Research Staff

Berkeley, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead applied research projects in statistical machine learning for financial market prediction and portfolio optimization, bridging basic research to live trading validation.

Role type

Senior applied research scientist (financial ML)

Builds

Predictive models and portfolio optimization solutions for live trading

Domain

Finance / Statistical Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

strategic vision for complex systems, large-scale project management, modern statistical methods, machine learning, mathematical modeling, software development (Python/R), experimental design, cross-functional collaboration, mentorship, technical communication

Preferred skills

Ph.D. degree, prior finance industry experience

Technologies

Python, R

Responsibilities

Oversee complex research projects affecting mission-critical areas; develop and validate new models for production; design and conduct experiments to evaluate models in live environments; mentor researchers and provide technical guidance; analyze datasets to assess predictive efficacy; keep up to date on academic research to identify novel approaches

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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