Quantitative AI Researcher
Numerai
Software Engineering, Data Science
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 300k-350k / year
Posted on Aug 28, 2025
Numerai is the hardest data science tournament in the world, powering an AI hedge fund. Every week we distribute and process terabytes of data, ingest millions of stock market predictions, execute thousands of Machine Learning models, and trade based on the results. Now, we are looking for a talented researcher to drive the development and application of LLMs in the world of quantitative finance.
Location: San Francisco
Compensation: $300k-$350k + incentives + usual benefits + flexible paid vacation
The Role
We are looking for a talented researcher to drive the development and application of LLMs in the world of quantitative finance. In this role, you will harness your deep expertise in LLMs to architect, fine-tune, and push the frontier of these models for financial applications.
Example Projects
- Fine-Tuning on Financial Corpora: Adapt pre-trained LLMs to custom-built financial datasets which predict the market.
- Leveraging Common Crawl Data: Develop robust data pipelines to process and integrate large-scale web data, enriching our models with diverse, real-world information.
- Modifying LLM Architectures: Experiment with adjustments to LLM architectures and training algorithms to enhance performance in financial contexts.
Requirements and Qualifications
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Extensive hands-on experience in LLM development and fine-tuning, using PyTorch, Hugging Face, or similar frameworks.
- Deep understanding of LLM architectures and large-scale data processing pipelines.
- Proven ability to translate cutting-edge AI research into real-world applications beyond theory.