Campus AI Research Engineer – Research Automation (Intern)
Jump Trading2 months ago
Chicago, IL, USA or New York, NY, USAIntern
Base Salary
$300k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Apply state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to complex research problems.
- Build flexible and reusable frameworks for financial machine learning with researchers and quantitative researchers.
- Optimize training pipelines for high-performance computing resources.
- Integrate machine-learning models into latency-sensitive production systems.
- Build observable, performant, and flexible large-scale ML systems.
- Improve research productivity by reducing iteration cycle time.
- Work across C, C++, Python, CUDA, and other low-level GPU languages.
Requirements
- Strong publication record at ICML, ICLR, AAAI, NeurIPS, UAI, KDD, or equivalent, and/or contributions to open-source AI research.
- Strong general machine-learning background with exposure to modern deep-learning techniques and/or language-modeling architectures such as transformers and SSMs.
- Solid development skills in Python and/or C++.
- Familiarity with PyTorch, JAX, and/or TensorFlow.
- Ability to reason through quantitative problems and communicate effectively with trading researchers.
- Intellectual curiosity, versatility, originality, pragmatism, collaboration, and reliable availability.
- Preferred experience with HPC, distributed large-model training, GPU performance optimization using CUDA or ROCm, and end-to-end model development.
Benefits
- Annualized estimated base salary of $300,000 per year.
- International students eligible for CPT/OPT are encouraged to apply; work visas are sponsored for full-time positions.
Categories
AI ResearchML Engineering
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a privately held quantitative and high-frequency trading firm that designs low-latency systems and models to trade global markets across asset classes, including equities, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It trades its own capital rather than selling software or services, and operates from Chicago with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia; the firm was founded in 1999. Affiliates include Jump Crypto for digital assets and the venture arm Jump Capital.