AI/ML Quant Researcher for Trading Models

eFinancialCareers; City Of London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Unknown Firm, a leading proprietary trading research team in London, seeks an exceptional AI/ML Specialist to advance machine learning, statistics and probabilistic modelling for quantitative trading. Collaboration with researchers, traders and engineers is essential to extract signals from large, noisy data sets.

The role emphasizes strong mathematical foundations, experimental design and state-of-the-art ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow.

Formación

• Strong foundations in probability theory, statistics, linear algebra and optimisation.
• Experience developing predictive or probabilistic models.
• Experience working with large, complex or noisy datasets.
• Strong programming ability, particularly in Python.
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow.
• Ability to approach open-ended research problems with mathematical and scientific rigour.

Responsabilidades

• Research and develop advanced machine learning and statistical models for quantitative and trading applications.
• Apply techniques from statistics, probability, deep learning and probabilistic modelling to complex real-world problems.
• Develop predictive models using large-scale, high-dimensional and noisy datasets.
• Explore new approaches across areas such as time-series modelling, representation learning, reinforcement learning, Bayesian methods and generative modelling.
• Design rigorous experiments to evaluate model performance, robustness and generalisation.
• Work closely with quantitative researchers and traders to identify areas where ML can improve research and decision-making.
• Develop scalable research workflows and collaborate with engineers to move successful models towards production.
• Stay current with developments across machine learning, statistics and AI, assessing their applicability to quantitative trading.
• Contribute to a highly collaborative, research-driven environment where ideas are tested quickly and objectively.

Conocimientos

Machine learning

Statistics

Probability

Python

PyTorch/JAX/TF

Time-series modelling

Reinforcement learning

Experimental design

Large-scale data

Educación

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Herramientas

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Descripción del empleo

Unknown Firm, a leading proprietary trading research team in London, seeks an exceptional AI/ML Specialist to advance machine learning, statistics and probabilistic modelling for quantitative trading. Collaboration with researchers, traders and engineers is essential to extract signals from large, noisy data sets.

The role emphasizes strong mathematical foundations, experimental design and state-of-the-art ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow.