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Jump Trading

AI Research Scientist | Research & Development

Jump Trading · hybrid · full-time · $68000–$112000 USD
aicryptotech machine learningPythonC++PyTorchTensorFlowJAX
8.0
AI Score
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Job description
Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. Our AI team is a central R&D group comprised of quantitative researchers, engineers, and ML experts leading LLM research and applications at Jump. Our mission is to combine emerging techniques and models with original research to generate signals from unstructured data.
Responsibilities
- Lead open-ended research projects from concept to production. - Collaborate extensively with trading teams to understand requirements and constraints. - Continuously improve model design, tools, and infrastructure. - Target any area of the quantitative research process with potential for firmwide application. - Other duties as assigned or needed.
Requirements
- 5+ year track record of creating ML systems with real metrics & impact in industry and/or academia. - Strong general ML background with some exposure to language modeling architectures (e.g. transformers, SSMs). - Solid development skills in Python and/or C++. - Familiarity with ML libraries/frameworks such as PyTorch (preferred), TensorFlow, and/or JAX. - Intellectual curiosity, versatility, and originality combined with a pragmatic outlook. - Ability to reason through quantitative problems and communicate effectively with trading researchers. - Reliable and predictable availability.
Conditions
- Discretionary bonus eligibility. - Medical, dental, and vision insurance. - HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options. - Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance. - Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance. - Paid vacation plus paid holidays. - Retirement plan with employer match. - Paid parental leave. - Wellness Programs.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading LLC is a proprietary trading firm specializing in algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies across futures, options, cryptocurrency, and equities markets worldwide. The company employs traders, engineers, and researchers to develop advanced models, tools, and systems for global trading. It operates as a registered broker-dealer and member of exchanges like CME Group and NYSE.
FinTech · 1000+ · Chicago, United States · Founded 1999 · https://www.jumptrading.com
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