Campus AI/ML Researcher (Spring 2026 / Fall 2026) at Jump Trading

<p><span id="e84a3e78-75b9-4ad7-b42d-c530d03a534e" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-renderer-mark="true" data-mark-type="annotation" data-mark-annotation-type="inlineComment" data-id="e84a3e78-75b9-4ad7-b42d-c530d03a534e">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.</span></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2993"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our trading teams are each comprised of a dynamic group of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who work together to examine the global markets, seeking to understand the complexities of various traded products and exchanges. They leverage their impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills, using the results of their research to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>-------------------------------<br></strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><em>*Candidates should be interested in working in Asia for their full-time job after graduation.</em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><em>*INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS are encouraged to apply.&nbsp;</em><br></strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><em>-------------------------------</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Who Should Apply?</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are seeking researchers with a demonstrated ability to apply machine learning to achieve state-of-the-art capabilities in complex and challenging domains.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The ideal person for this role will be capable of implementing an open-ended research project from concept to production and continuously improving model design, tools, and infrastructure.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Potential projects may target any area of the quantitative research and monetization process. We believe that successful research efforts require a fluid mix of skills including ML expertise, engineering pragmatism, statistics and market intuition.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">No prior knowledge of finance or trading is necessary. We’ll give you the training that you’ll need.<br></span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Other duties as assigned or needed.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Skills You'll Need:&nbsp;<br></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Creative thinkers who are driven, self-motivated, and eager to solve challenging problems with a pragmatic outlook</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong publication record at ICML, ICLR, AAAI, NeurIPS, UAI, KDD, or equivalent and/or contributions to open-source AI research</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Familiarity with ML libraries/frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or JAX</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proficiency in Python and/or C++</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ability to thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented environment</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ability to reason through quantitative problems and communicate effectively with trading researchers</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong general ML background with exposure to modern deep learning techniques and/or language modeling architectures (e.g. transformers, SSMs)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reliable and predictable availability required</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you have outstanding skills in math, ML, and programming, and you are curious about the challenge of improving research with daily feedback from competitive markets, we hope you’ll apply.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p>