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Research Scientist/Research Engineer at Jump Trading - ApplyBlast

Research Scientist/Research Engineer

Jump Trading

2 months ago

4.2 on Glassdoor

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Onsite

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

Jump Trading is seeking a Research Scientist/Research Engineer to lead reinforcement learning research and its application to financial markets. The role involves designing and evaluating RL policies, integrating alpha signals, ensuring simulation fidelity, building large‑scale data tooling, and communicating results to technical and trading teams. The work directly impacts live trading performance.

Responsibilities

Design and evaluate reinforcement learning policy architectures and reward formulations
Partner with trading and research teams to integrate and validate alpha signals
Build efficient tooling to store, process, and analyze large volumes of market data

Skills

Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics or related fieldMaster's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics or related field

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.