AI Research Senior Associate - AI for Tech

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking an AI Research Scientist to explore cutting-edge AI research and develop impactful solutions. This role involves collaborating with experts in Natural Language Processing and working on complex large-scale problems. You'll formulate problems, develop algorithms, and publish significant findings that contribute to high-impact business applications and the broader AI community. Join a diverse team that values creativity and collaboration, and make a difference in the financial services domain while advancing your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related fields required.
• Experience with statistical data analysis and experimental design is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work on multiple research projects with internal and external teams.
• Contribute to publications in AI/ML conferences and journals.

Skills

Python

AI techniques

ML techniques

Statistical data analysis

Effective communication

Curiosity and creativity

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science (preferred)

Tools

TensorFlow/Keras

PyTorch

Job description

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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 Scientist within J.P. Morgan AI Research, you'll work on novel techniques, tools, and frameworks to model and solve complex large-scale problems. You'll collaborate with experts in Natural Language Processing and contribute to high-impact business applications and the broader AI community. You will work on multiple research projects in collaboration with internal and external researchers and applied engineering teams. 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:

• Master's degree 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 (specific past experience in the domain is not required).

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• PhD in Computer Science (especially AI/ML) or related fields.
• 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 natural language processing (NLP).
• 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 large language models in a professional setting.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.