Researcher – Machine Learning

Job title:

Researcher – Machine Learning

Company

Aspect Capital

Job description

Aspect Capital is an award-winning specialist money manager at the forefront of research into financial markets. We apply systematic quantitative research techniques across a broad spectrum of financial products and markets to deliver returns to investors.We are looking for a Researcher to join the Machine Learning team. You will have the opportunity to work in a thriving, dynamic, collegiate, multi-disciplinary research team, conducting projects in quantitative financial research and contributing to all areas of model development, portfolio construction, risk management and market access.You will be responsible for your own set of projects, whilst also gaining valuable insight into the work of the team and the functioning of the fund as a whole.You will work on:

• Applying advanced machine learning (ML) methods to generate and optimise systematic investment strategies, including innovating on Aspect’s current methodologies
• Collaborating with Aspect’s broader research team and helping to shape our approach for integrating modern machine learning techniques across our investment processes
• Monitoring trends in cutting edge innovation in AI and ML, including attending conferences and presenting at our internal ML reading group

Required Experience:

• A top-class undergraduate degree (ideally an MSc or PhD) in a numerate discipline, e.g. physics, mathematics, statistics, economics or engineering
• Strong understanding of modern machine learning methods and best practices, with experience applying them to real world datasets
• Strong programming ability in Python and familiarity with the data science stack (git, numpy, pandas)
• Experience in at least one popular deep learning framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jax)
• 1-2 years professional experience within the investment industry OR a demonstrable interest in quantitative investment

If this sounds like an interesting role we would love to hear from you.Please note we are currently unable to sponsor candidates who require a Tier2 visa.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 06:46:58 GMT

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