Jump Trading
AI Research Scientist
New York, London
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$300kDetected 28 days ago
PythonC++Machine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchNLPLLMsAgentic AIResearchCollaborationMicrosoft Office
About the role
- We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets.
Responsibilities
- The ideal person for this role will be capable of leading an open-ended research project from concept to production: finding compelling problems well suited to current and projected LLM capabilities, collaborating extensively with trading teams to understand requirements and constraints, and continuously improving model design, tools, and infrastructure.
Requirements
- Experience with GPU performance optimization (CUDA or ROCm)
- Experience with end-to-end model development, especially in LLMs
Skills
- Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research.
- Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak.
- 5+ year track record of creating ML systems with real metrics & impact in industry and/or academia
- Strong general ML background with some exposure to language modeling architectures (e.g. transformers, SSMs)
- Solid development skills in Python and/or C++
- Familiarity with ML libraries/frameworks such as PyTorch (preferred), TensorFlow, and/or JAX
- Intellectual curiosity, versatility, and originality combined with a pragmatic outlook
- Ability to reason through quantitative problems and communicate effectively with trading researchers
- PhD, or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, (or related subject)
- Strong publications record at ICML, ICLR, AAAI, NeurIPS, UAI, KDD, or equivalent
- Reliable and predictable availability
- Experience with HPC and distributed large model training
Compensation
- Annual Base Salary Range
- $200,000 - $300,000 USD
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs
- We are seeking research scientists with a demonstrated ability to apply machine learning to achieve state-of-the-art capabilities in complex and challenging domains.
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