Senior Research Engineer (Based in Hong Kong)

Flow Traders; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 10,997 - 14,296; Full time

Job summary

Flow Traders is seeking a Senior Research Engineer based in Hong Kong. This role involves leading the development of a research framework and collaborating with Quantitative Researchers to build automated trading models.

The ideal candidate should have an advanced degree and 8+ years of experience in Machine Learning or related fields, strong programming skills in Python, and a deep understanding of statistical analysis.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in MLOps, Research Engineering, or ML Research.
• Strong background in mathematics and statistics.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing end-to-end machine learning pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and global rollout of an upgraded research framework.
• Partner with Quantitative Researchers to conduct research and develop trading strategies.

Skills

Machine Learning

MLOps

Statistical Analysis

Python

Cloud Platforms

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Education

Master’s or PhD in Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science

Tools

numpy

pytorch

polars

pandas

ray

Job description

Senior Research Engineer (Based in Hong King)

Flow Traders is looking for a Senior Research Engineer, successful candidate will be relocated to our Hong King Office. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities.

As a Senior Research Engineer, you will be responsible for helping to lead the development of our trading model research framework and using it to conduct research to develop models for trading in production. You’ll expand the framework to become a global standard way of training, consuming, combining, and transforming any data source in a data-driven systematic way. You will then partner with Quantitative Researchers to build the trading models themselves.

What You Will Do

• Help to lead the development and global rollout of our research framework for defining and training models through various optimization procedures (supervised learning, backtesting etc.), as well as its integration with our platform for deploying and running those models in production
• Partner with Quantitative Researchers to conduct research: test hypotheses and tune/develop data-driven systematic trading strategies and alpha signals

What You Need to Succeed

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science or similar
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience MLOps, Research Engineering, or ML Research
• A strong background in mathematics and statistics
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, with experience in libraries like numpy, pytorch, polars, pandas, and ray.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing end-to-end machine learning pipelines, including data preprocessing, model training, deployment, and monitoring
• Understanding of and experience with modern software development practices and tools (e.g. Agile, version control, automated testing, CI/CD, observability)
• Understanding of cloud platforms (e. g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e. g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.