Research Engineer, AI/ML Platforms for Finance

Rachel Paul Recruiting; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A top investment firm in Greenwich, CT seeks a software engineer to join their research engineering group. You will build or extend scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and a generalized research platform.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of production software experience, strong Python, Linux, and SQL skills, and familiarity with ML/NLP and large language models. This role emphasizes collaboration, engineering judgment, and delivering practical solutions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, Math or related field.
• 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong Python skills; C++ is a plus.
• Experience on Linux and cloud-native AWS apps.
• Experience with distributed systems and large-scale data processing.

Responsibilities

• Build and extend scalable AWS-based storage and compute infrastructure.
• Develop generalized research platform and model computation pipeline.
• Create ML/NLP pipelines and AI-assisted workflows.
• Collaborate across teams and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Support quantitative research and finance-focused software applications.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

SQL

LLMs

AI workflows

Problem solving

Communication

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

AWS

Git

Job description

A top investment firm in Greenwich, CT seeks a software engineer to join their research engineering group. You will build or extend scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and a generalized research platform.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of production software experience, strong Python, Linux, and SQL skills, and familiarity with ML/NLP and large language models. This role emphasizes collaboration, engineering judgment, and delivering practical solutions in a dynamic environment.