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Jump Trading

Research Scientist/Research Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

Salary$200k – $350k
LocationChicago, New York City , New York, London
Work modehybrid
Typefull-time
DepartmentFront Office
EquityIncluded
Company size1,001–5,000 people
First seen1mo ago
Last seen1d ago
About the company
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 incentivizing 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 team is a group of quantitative researchers, engineers, and ML experts leading reinforcement learning research and trading at Jump. Our mission is to combine emerging techniques and original research to learn optimal decision-making policies from financial market data and monetize them globally. We are building the future of ML-powered trading through breakthrough reinforcement learning, and we’re looking for an exceptional Research Scientist/Research Engineer to join our team.
What You’ll Do
Responsibilities
As a Research Scientist/Research Engineer working on RL, you’ll be at the forefront of applying reinforcement learning to markets. You’ll conduct original research and own the systems that turn it into production trading: designing and evaluating policy architectures, reward formulations, and objective horizons with rigorous out-of-sample benchmarking; partnering with trading and research teams to source, integrate, and validate their alpha signals within the RL framework; ensuring simulation fidelity against live trading by modeling market microstructure, fill dynamics, liquidity, and latency; building efficient tooling to store, process, and analyze very large volumes of market and signal data; and communicating findings to technical and trading audiences. This isn’t incremental optimization; we’re pushing the boundaries of what reinforcement learning can do at scale, where your improvements directly impact live trading.
Other duties as assigned or needed.
Skills You’ll Need
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5+ years of experience developing reinforcement learning and/or deep learning systems with measurable impact in industry and/or academia
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Depth in reinforcement learning, including experience designing reward formulations, policy architectures, and evaluation, and taking RL methods from research into production
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Proficiency in Python and/or C++
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Familiarity with ML libraries/frameworks such as PyTorch (preferred), TensorFlow, and/or JAX
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Strong foundation in mathematics and statistics
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PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics (or a related subject)
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Strong publication record at ICML, ICLR, AAAI, NeurIPS, CVPR, or equivalent
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Ability to thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
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Creative thinkers who are driven, self-motivated, and eager to solve challenging problems
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Reliable and predictable availability
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Benefits
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Discretionary bonus eligibility
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Medical, dental, and vision insurance
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HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
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Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
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Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
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Paid vacation plus paid holidays
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Retirement plan with employer match
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Paid parental leave
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Wellness Programs
Annual Base Salary Range
$200,000—$350,000 USD
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