Lead Deep Learning Researcher, Quantitative Finance

AAA Global; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

AAA Global is seeking a senior research professional in Hong Kong to design and own deep learning pipelines for quantitative alpha research. You will drive the research agenda end-to-end, from problem formulation to deployment, while upholding rigorous out-of-sample evaluation and honest benchmarking against baselines.

The role emphasizes leadership in architecture selection, training diagnostics, and cross-team collaboration, with opportunities to influence the research direction across the

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field; strong academic record.
• 3–5 years applying deep learning to large-scale problems, ideally in finance.
• Proven end-to-end ownership of a DL model lifecycle on production or research lines.
• Strong Python programming and modern DL framework experience.
• Experience with large-scale model training: distributed/multi-GPU, mixed precision.
• Solid foundations in statistics, optimization, and ML.
• Familiarity with modern DL architectures and selection judgment.
• Practical techniques for low signal-to-noise learning and robust validation.
• Experience with large-scale datasets and efficient data pipelines.
• Fluency with experiment-management tooling and reproducible research environments.
• Knowledge of C++/CUDA and LLM tooling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core DL pipelines for quantitative alpha research, from data prep to production deployment.
• Own a significant portion of the research agenda, including problem formulation, model design, training, and evaluation.
• Maintain strict out-of-sample discipline and robust benchmarking against baselines.
• Advise on architecture choices and training diagnostics; review model designs.
• Create standardized training/inference interfaces and reusable components for cross-team use.

Skills

Python

Deep Learning

Distributed Training

Statistics

Optimization

C++/CUDA

Experiment Tracking

LLM Tooling

Education

PhD or MSc in CS/Math/Physics/Statistics

Strong academic record

Tools

PyTorch

CUDA

TensorFlow

Profiling tools

Job description

AAA Global is seeking a senior research professional in Hong Kong to design and own deep learning pipelines for quantitative alpha research. You will drive the research agenda end-to-end, from problem formulation to deployment, while upholding rigorous out-of-sample evaluation and honest benchmarking against baselines.

The role emphasizes leadership in architecture selection, training diagnostics, and cross-team collaboration, with opportunities to influence the research direction across the