Machine Learning Researcher

The role

You will work side by side with experienced ML Researchers on projects involving novel ML ideas and systematic trading strategies. You will conduct studies on datasets, try new modeling paradigms, or consider blue-sky approaches.

What you will do

• Work closely with full-time machine learning researchers on projects
• Conduct end-to-end studies of unexplored datasets
• Try new modeling paradigms for thorny problems
• Consider blue-sky approaches
• Dive deep into market data
• Tune hyperparameters
• Debug training issues
• Analyze model predictions

Required qualifications

• Undergraduate, PhD student, or postdoc with practical experience working on ML problems
• Interested in applying logical and mathematical thinking to all kinds of problems
• Curious about the machine learning landscape and excited to apply state-of-the-art techniques
• Fluent with a versatile set of models and tricks
• Able to rapidly implement and iterate on ideas in Python and your favorite ML framework
• Eager to ask questions, admit mistakes, and learn new things
• Fluent in English

Benefits

• Flights to and from Hong Kong
• Accommodation throughout the entirety of the program

About the company

Jane Street provides an unparalleled educational experience where research, technology, and trading are intentionally blurry. The firm uses petabytes of data and large computing and GPU clusters to solve trading challenges.