AI Research Senior Associate - Agents

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in AI Research as a Senior Associate, focusing on developing innovative solutions in the financial services domain. You will engage in groundbreaking research, collaborate with top experts, and contribute to high-impact publications, software, and patents, while forming powerful AI models to solve complex challenges. If you possess a PhD and a passion for AI/ML, this opportunity is your launchpad to advance the future of financial technology.

Qualifications

• PhD in related fields is required.
• Strong programming skills in Python necessary.
• Experience with statistical data analysis and experimental design valued.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on multiple research projects with internal and external teams.
• Formulate problems and develop new algorithms and models.
• Contribute to publications in AI/ML conferences and high-impact applications.

Skills

Python

AI techniques

ML techniques

Statistical data analysis

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering

Tools

TensorFlow/Keras

PyTorch

Job description

Join J.P. Morgan AI Research, where you'll explore and advance cutting-edge AI research to develop impactful solutions for our clients and businesses.

As an AI Research Senior Associate in J.P. Morgan AI Research, you will work on novel techniques, tools, and frameworks to model and solve complex large-scale problems, collaborating with experts in AI Agents and contributing to high-impact business applications and the broader AI community. Your role involves formulating problems, generating hypotheses, developing algorithms and models, conducting experiments, and communicating research significance. Your output will result in publications, high-impact business applications, open-source software, and patents.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work on multiple research projects in collaboration with internal and external researchers and applied engineering teams.
• Formulate problems, generate hypotheses, develop new algorithms and models, conduct experiments, synthesize results, gather data, build prototypes, and communicate research significance.
• Contribute to publications in AI/ML conferences and journals, high-impact business applications, open-source software, and patents.
• Participate in relevant top-tier academic conferences, organize workshops, and engage with the AI research community to broaden the impact of your contributions.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related fields.
• Programming skills in Python.
• Proficient understanding of fundamental AI and ML techniques (e.g., A*, regularization).
• Practical experience with statistical data analysis and experimental design.
• Curiosity, creativity, resourcefulness, and a collaborative spirit.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with technical and business audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multi-disciplinary teams with diverse backgrounds.
• Interest in problems related to the financial services domain.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Research publications in prominent AI/ML or Software Engineering venues (e.g., conferences, journals).
• Strong expertise in specialized areas such as deep learning (DL) or AI Agents.
• Practical experience with ML platforms such as TensorFlow/Keras, PyTorch.
• Comfort with rapid prototyping and disciplined software development processes.
• Practical software engineering experience in collaborative project settings.
• Hands-on experience developing and using AI Agents in a professional setting.