Job Responsibilities
- Research and explore new machine learning methods through independent study, attending industry-leading conferences, experimentation and participating in our knowledge sharing community
- Develop state-of-the art machine learning models to solve real-world problems and apply it to tasks such as NLP, speech recognition and analytics, time-series predictions or recommendation systems
- Collaborate with multiple partner teams such as Business, Technology, Product Management, Legal, Compliance, Strategy and Business Management to deploy solutions into production
- Drive Firm wide initiatives by developing large-scale frameworks to accelerate the application of machine learning models across different areas of the business
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Solid background in NLP or speech recognition and analytics, personalization/recommendation and hands-on experience and solid understanding of machine learning and deep learning methods
- PhD in a quantitative discipline, e.g. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, Optimization, or Data Science with reasonable industry experience, or an MS with industry or research experience in the field
- Applied experience with machine learning and deep learning toolkits (e.g.: TensorFlow, PyTorch, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, Pandas)
- Ability to design experiments and training frameworks, and to outline and evaluate intrinsic and extrinsic metrics for model performance aligned with business goals
- Experience with big data and scalable model training and solid written and spoken communication to effectively communicate technical concepts and results to both technical and business audiences.
- Scientific thinking with the ability to invent and to work both independently and in highly collaborative team environments
- Solid written and spoken communication to effectively communicate technical concepts and results to both technical and business audiences. Curious, hardworking and detail-oriented, and motivated by complex analytical problems
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Strong background in Mathematics and Statistics and familiarity with the financial services industries and continuous integration models and unit test development
- Knowledge in search/ranking, Reinforcement Learning or Meta Learning
- Experience with A/B experimentation and data/metric-driven product development, cloud-native deployment in a large scale distributed environment and ability to develop and debug production-quality code
- Published research in areas of Machine Learning, Deep Learning or Reinforcement Learning at a major conference or journal