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Research Engineer, Pre-Training at Jump Trading - ApplyBlast

Research Engineer, Pre-Training

Jump Trading

4 months ago

4.2 on Glassdoor

Remote

Full Time

Senior

7 applicants

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About this role

Jump Trading Group is seeking a Pre-Training Research Engineer to lead the development of massive-scale foundation models for global financial markets. The role involves owning the entire training stack, designing fault-tolerant infrastructure for thousands of GPUs and TPUs, and engineering high-performance data pipelines. This position requires pushing the boundaries of machine learning efficiency to directly impact live trading strategies.

Responsibilities

Design and build fault-tolerant infrastructure for massive-scale model training
Engineer data pipelines streaming terabytes of market data efficiently
Co-design novel model architectures with research teams
Develop custom kernels for significant training efficiency gains
Optimize mixed-precision training and model parallelism strategies

Skills

Qualifications

MS in Computer SciencePhD in Machine Learning

About Jump Trading

jumptrading.com

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Company Size

1001-5000 employees

Founded

1999

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Jump Trading is a technology-driven proprietary trading firm where traders, engineers, and researchers collaborate to solve hard market problems and build the models, systems, and tools that power global electronic trading. The firm focuses on quantitative research, AI/ML, and high-performance, low-latency infrastructure to trade across asset classes and time horizons. Jump operates globally from multiple financial centers and runs research programs and fellowships to attract top talent. Its culture emphasizes engineering-led innovation and continuous improvement to win in markets.