The Voleon Group

Member of Research Staff, Voleon Securities

New York City, NY · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 96 days ago

PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningResearch

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's 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 environment
Communicate and collaborate effectively with other Members of Research Staff and Software Engineers at each stage, driving progress towards tangible outcomes
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.

Hands-on experience building successful liquidity providing strategies across asset classes preferred but not required
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 Member of Research Staff, you will work at the forefront of modern statistical machine learning.

Interest in financial applications is essential, but prior finance industry experience is not a pre-requisite
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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