Member of Technical Staff – Research
160k – 320kNew York, NYOnsite
Summary
Builds autonomous intelligent trading systems for thousands of users by training custom models, harvesting data sources, and driving technical/product decisions for high-performance trading platforms. Requires strong coding, research skills, and meritocratic mindset.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Contributing perspective to product, harvesting and selecting proper sources to contribute to an educated unit
- Drive technical and product decisions, collaborating with designers and engineers to create lightning-fast, highly performant trading systems
- Training custom models, and harnessing information properly for users to easily interpret and utilize quickly
Qualifications
- Strong technical background, backed by proof
- Take extreme pride in your work, and thrive in meritocratic environments
- Exceptional researcher or engineer
Preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or a closely related technical field (or equivalent professional experience)
- Strong programming skills, to easily integrate within our environment
- Pride themselves on delivering results swiftly, often faster than their peers
- Previous work in open-source
- A trading/Olympiad background
Compensation and Benefits
- $160,000 – $320,000 USD base salary
- Early equity
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Wellness benefits
- Transportation to-and-from office
- Fully compensated lunch and dinner
Skills
PythonMachine LearningTrading SystemsModel TrainingResearchAlgorithmsHigh Performance ComputingData Harvesting
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