Entrepreneurial AI Research Engineer

Deeter Analytics; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base compensation

Ownership of roadmap and direction

Culture optimized for deep work and fast learning

Job summary

Deeter Analytics in the United States is seeking a data engineer who will play a pivotal role in designing and maintaining data pipelines and training advanced machine learning models. The position offers autonomy in coding and emphasizes collaboration, making it ideal for self-starters with strong engineering fundamentals and experience in frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX. Join a well-funded trading firm expanding into AI research where your contributions are valued, and enjoy competitive compensation with significant rewards tied to your results.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and maintaining data pipelines.
• Proven ability to train and evaluate machine learning models.
• Strong coding skills with a focus on collaboration and project ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines for unique datasets.
• Train and evaluate frontier-scale machine learning models.
• Collaborate with researchers to discover new methods.

Skills

Machine Learning (ML)

PyTorch

JAX

Data Pipeline Development

Job description

Join a small, fast-moving team where you’ll research, prototype, and ship quickly. We’re training foundational models for financial applications on unique, multimodal datasets and need engineering input at every step of the process.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines for unique and multimodal datasets.
• Train and evaluate frontier-scale models; own the loop from idea to prototype to production.
• Work shoulder-to-shoulder with researchers to discover new methods.

You might be a fit if you

• Are a self-starter who thrives on coding autonomy and project collaboration.
• Have deep ML chops (PyTorch/JAX), strong engineering fundamentals, and a record of shipping research to production.
• Prefer clear principles, low ego and prefer collaboration over titles and politics.

Helpful backgrounds (any of the following)

• Frontier labs experience (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind); or
• Novel discovery through published work (NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR); or
• Founded or led an AI/research company; or
• Standout independent achievement (leading major open-source, top-tier role, etc.).

What we offer

• A well-funded trading firm expanding into AI research and discovery - bring your best ideas and be rewarded for them.
• Real ownership and influence on roadmap, direction and products.
• Competitive base compensation with significant upside tied to results.
• A culture optimized for deep work, fast learning, and doing the right thing.

If this sounds like you, apply.