AI Research Scientist (MS/PhD) — ML, LLMs & RL for Finance

Two Sigma; New York (NY); On-site; USD 227,500 - 250,250; Full time

Job summary

Two Sigma is seeking creative experts who want to apply general ML, deep learning, LLMs, and reinforcement learning to complex financial data problems. This opportunity is targeted at MS students in the penultimate year or PhD candidates with work experience.

You will develop techniques and infrastructure for summer projects, build experiments, run analyses, and collaborate with a team of scientists and engineers to improve understanding of how data influences markets.

Qualifications

• Pursuing MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related STEM field.
• Strong programming in Python with exposure to ML frameworks.
• Experience with Deep Learning, LLMs and/or RL via internships, coursework or research.
• Experience building data pipelines for large noisy datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop techniques and/or infrastructure for a research project over a ~10 week summer period.
• Write code, run experiments, evaluate approaches, and discuss results with the team.

Skills

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Deep Learning

LLMs

Reinforcement Learning

Cloud computing

Data pipelines

Statistics

Education

MS degree in CS/Engineering

PhD candidate

Job description

Two Sigma is seeking creative experts who want to apply general ML, deep learning, LLMs, and reinforcement learning to complex financial data problems. This opportunity is targeted at MS students in the penultimate year or PhD candidates with work experience.

You will develop techniques and infrastructure for summer projects, build experiments, run analyses, and collaborate with a team of scientists and engineers to improve understanding of how data influences markets.