Founding AI Research Scientist - Deep Learning & GenAI

Thurn Partners Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Thurn Partners Ltd, a global trading firm, is launching a dedicated AI group and seeks researchers to design and build experimental AI systems across deep learning, foundation models, and RL. The role offers room to explore and contribute to long-term strategic AI initiatives.

You’ll collaborate with trading and technology experts to identify high-impact AI opportunities, run end-to-end experiments, and help shape the Lab as a founding researcher with scope to scale impactful research.

Qualifications

• Proven research background in deep learning, foundation models, generative AI or RL.
• Hands-on experience training and building models, not only applying existing ones.
• PhD or Master’s in a quantitative discipline is required.
• Experience with large-scale or distributed GPU training is expected.
• Record of cross-field idea transfer and impactful research.

Responsibilities

• Design and build experimental AI systems from prototypes to long‑term tools.
• Advance research across deep learning, foundation models, generative AI, RL, and novel architectures.
• Partner with trading and tech experts to identify AI impact opportunities.
• Run end-to-end experiments from hypothesis to tested, working systems.
• Help shape the Lab’s direction as a founding researcher.

Skills

Deep learning

Foundation models

Generative AI

Reinforcement learning

Python

Distributed GPU training

Cross-domain idea transfer

Education

PhD or Master's in CS/ML/Statistics/Physics or related

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Thurn Partners Ltd, a global trading firm, is launching a dedicated AI group and seeks researchers to design and build experimental AI systems across deep learning, foundation models, and RL. The role offers room to explore and contribute to long-term strategic AI initiatives.

You’ll collaborate with trading and technology experts to identify high-impact AI opportunities, run end-to-end experiments, and help shape the Lab as a founding researcher with scope to scale impactful research.