Senior Data Scientist: Information-Driven Trading & Validation

TWG AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Medical benefits

Financial benefits

Job summary

TWG AI is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead detection and validation for a regulated surveillance system, focusing on information‑driven trading timing across traditional and DeFi venues. The role emphasizes rigorous, repeatable evidence that detectors carry signal over noise, with on‑chain resolutions that are public and deterministic.

You will mentor junior team members, grow the validation practice, and work onsite in New York or Santa Monica, collaborating with management to advance

Qualifications

• Strong empirical and statistical background with hypothesis testing and backtesting.
• Experience with weak, noisy, or evolving labels and human‑in‑the‑loop labeling systems.
• A quantitative finance or empirical‑research background is a strong plus.
• Sequential‑modeling experience; transformers or RNNs applied to behavioral or transaction sequences is a plus.
• Production ML experience and the discipline that comes with regulated, audit‑facing work.

Responsibilities

• Build detection logic for insider and information‑driven trading across venues and identity boundaries.
• Design and run rigorous validation of detectors’ outputs with statistical tests and ground truth.
• Own quality and trustworthiness of labels used to train models; DeFi labeling from zero.
• Grow validation into a repeatable, audit‑ready assurance capability as markets expand.
• Mentor junior team members contributing to validation and analysis.

Skills

Empirical statistics

Labeling systems (weak/noisy)

Sequential modeling (transformers/RNNs

Production ML in regulated environment

Quantitative finance background

Education

PhD or equivalent industry experience

Job description

TWG AI is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead detection and validation for a regulated surveillance system, focusing on information‑driven trading timing across traditional and DeFi venues. The role emphasizes rigorous, repeatable evidence that detectors carry signal over noise, with on‑chain resolutions that are public and deterministic.

You will mentor junior team members, grow the validation practice, and work onsite in New York or Santa Monica, collaborating with management to advance