Senior Associate AI Researcher – Optimisation and Decision-Making | London

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London seeks a Senior Associate AI Researcher to explore innovative AI/ML research and applications. The role involves collaborating with internal and external researchers, formalizing AI problems, and developing algorithms for decision-making and optimization. Ideal candidates hold a PhD/ MSc in Computer Science, possess strong AI/ML expertise, and have excellent communication skills. This role offers the chance to produce impactful outputs and participate in academic conferences.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or related field is preferred.
• Strong expertise in AI/ML techniques with research publications.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct end-to-end research with collaborators.
• Engage in the entire research lifecycle.
• Produce outputs leading to business applications and publications.
• Participate in academic conferences.

Skills

Expertise in AI and ML techniques (search, time series analysis, RL)

Curiosity and creativity in problem-solving

Effective communication skills

Ability to work on multi-disciplinary teams

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

MSc with commercial experience

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Job Title: Senior Associate AI Researcher – Optimisation and Decision-Making
Employer: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Salary:
Employment Type: Permanent
Reference Number: 0e00cd75-e8b8-59c2-ad11-4c53cd179d25

Job Details:

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 optimisation, 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