Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC Partners

Associate, Machine Learning Engineer

Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC Partners
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3 months ago

Responsibilities

  • Build, evaluate, and improve AI-powered financial services applications with cross-functional teams.
  • Design and implement machine learning models and algorithms for business problems.
  • Work with large language models and analyze their behavior and failure modes.
  • Test and evaluate LLM-powered applications, including defining success metrics and analyzing failures.
  • Apply machine learning, statistics, and experimental design principles to model behavior.
  • Communicate project goals and findings to product, engineering, business, and other stakeholders.
  • Support responsible AI practices involving privacy, security, and appropriate automation.
  • Document project progress and provide support and mentorship to junior team members.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, machine learning, or mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience contributing to production-level software development through employment, internships, research, or substantial personal projects.
  • Strong Python programming skills and the ability to write clear, tested, and maintainable code.
  • Hands-on experience with web services, data integration, testing, logging, and monitoring.
  • Practical experience building with LLMs and understanding common failure modes.
  • Ability to test, evaluate, and improve LLM-powered applications.
  • Grounding in machine learning, statistics, and experimental design.
  • Strong technical documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Interest in applying AI responsibly in financial services.
  • Familiarity with agentic workflows, evaluation tools, and cloud deployment is preferred.
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