ML Research Scientist: Production-Ready Trading Models

Trading Interview; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

DRW is seeking a Machine Learning Researcher to advance forecasting using transformer-based architectures and state-of-the-art frameworks. The role emphasizes turning ML knowledge into high-impact, production-ready solutions.

You will apply advanced ML techniques to forecasting challenges, build scalable pipelines, and deploy them in production, handling high‑dimensional, noisy datasets from real-world sources. Exceptional ML candidates from finance or other sectors will be considered.

Qualifications

• PhD (or exceptional MSc) in ML, CS, or related field.
• Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of core ML algorithms.
• Proven experience taking ML models from research to live production.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and deploy robust ML models.
• Build and maintain scalable, production-level ML pipelines.
• Extract signals from large, noisy, real-world datasets.

Skills

ML algorithms

Model architectures

Feature engineering

Hyperparameter tuning

Production deployment

Education

PhD (or exceptional MSc) in ML/CS

Job description

DRW is seeking a Machine Learning Researcher to advance forecasting using transformer-based architectures and state-of-the-art frameworks. The role emphasizes turning ML knowledge into high-impact, production-ready solutions.

You will apply advanced ML techniques to forecasting challenges, build scalable pipelines, and deploy them in production, handling high‑dimensional, noisy datasets from real-world sources. Exceptional ML candidates from finance or other sectors will be considered.