The Voleon Group

Senior Member of Research Staff, Voleon Securities

New York City, NY · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 96 days ago

PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningWordPressResearchMentoring

About the role

Voleon Securities, a new business within the Voleon Group, provides liquidity in securities markets.
We apply state-of-the-art AI/ML techniques to construct our liquidity-provision strategies.
Voleon Securities is looking for creative, entrepreneurial researchers who enjoy grappling with very difficult problems.

Develop a rich understanding of Voleon Securities' challenges and methodologies and propose research innovations and experiments to build, maintain, and optimize the models that govern our trading strategy
Develop, validate, and implement new models into production
Design and conduct experiments to improve simulations and evaluate the success of new models in a live trading environment
Build collaborative relationships cross-functionally and with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with the potential to serve as an external spokesperson for Voleon Securities
Communicate and collaborate effectively with key stakeholders at each stage, facilitating meaningful discussions around complex issues and driving progress towards tangible outcomes
Ability to make well-reasoned design decisions, identifying and proactively potential issues, tradeoffs, risks, and the appropriate level of abstraction
Voleon Securities builds on Voleon's deep real-world experience applying ML to financial markets.
You will work with a complex and diverse array of datasets to implement and iterate on predictive models.

5-10+ years of related experience directing key research projects and mentoring colleagues
Proven success solving large-scale computing problems
Ability to influence without requiring formal authority, with a proven track record of influence beyond your team

Strong skills in software development techniques and production level coding (Python and/or R preferred)
Ph.D. level coursework is required, and a Ph.D. degree in a relevant field is preferred

We particularly welcome researchers with practical experience in optimal stochastic control, deep RL, deep learning, and causal inference.
Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals.
As a Senior Member of Research Staff, you will work at the forefront of modern statistical machine learning.

Founded in 2007 by two leading scientists, Voleon supports a culture of curiosity, collegiality, and creativity.

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer.
Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

ational origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law

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