Senior Associate AI Researcher - Optimisation and Decision-Making

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London seeks an AI Research Senior Associate to conduct innovative AI/ML research. The role involves collaboration with other experts to tackle large-scale problems and contribute to cutting-edge solutions. Candidates should possess a PhD or MSc in a relevant field, along with strong proficiency in AI techniques and programming. This position offers opportunities for high-impact contributions and participation in top-tier academic conferences.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion programs

Equal opportunity employer

Support for religious practices and mental health accommodations

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong expertise in AI and ML techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct end-to-end research with internal and external teams.
• Engage in all aspects of the research lifecycle.
• Produce outputs leading to high-impact business applications.

Skills

Expertise in AI and ML techniques

Effective communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

MSc with commercial experience

Tools

Python programming

SQL

Analytical tools

Job description

Job Description

Join JPMorgan Chase's AI Research team as an AI Research Senior Associate, where you'll explore and advance cutting-edge research in AI/ML and generative AI. Conduct end-to-end research to build novel solutions for large-scale problems and foster a culture of innovation across lines of business. Your work will result in high-impact business applications, open-source software, patents, and publications.

As an AI Research Senior Associate within JPMorgan Chase's AI Research team, you will collaborate on multiple research projects with internal and external researchers. Your role involves formalizing problems for AI, developing algorithms for autonomous decision-making and optimization, conducting experiments, and communicating research significance. Participate in top-tier academic conferences to broaden the impact of your contributions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct end-to-end research in collaboration with internal and external researchers and applied engineering teams.
• Engage in all aspects of the research lifecycle, including formulating problems, gathering data, generating hypotheses, developing models and algorithms, conducting experiments, building prototype applications, and communicating research significance.
• Produce outputs that lead to high-impact business applications, open-source software, patents, and publications in top AI/ML conferences and journals.
• Participate in relevant top-tier academic conferences to broaden the impact of your contributions.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• PhD in Computer Science or related field, or an MSc with commercial experience.
• Strong expertise in one or more fundamental AI and ML techniques (e.g., search, time series analysis, RL), evidenced by research publications in prominent venues.
• Curiosity and creativity in approach to problem-solving.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with technical and business audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multi-disciplinary teams with diverse backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Strong expertise in specialized areas such as robotics and autonomous systems, real-time control, game theory, deep learning, and time series forecasting.
• Extensive programming skills in Python.
• Proficiency with orchestration frameworks, SQL, and other analytical tools.
• Proficiency with rapid prototyping and disciplined software development processes

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.