The Voleon Group
Member of Research Staff, Optimization
$250K–$275K
Berkeley, CA +2 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 23, 2026
- Location
- Berkeley, CA
New York City, NY
Remote, United States - Education
- Ph.D.-level coursework required; a Ph.D. degree in a relevant field is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Relocation and work visa eligibility for qualified candidates
About the job
Develops and applies large-scale optimization models and systems to produce real-time trading decisions, from research and experimentation through production implementation and validation.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and improve constrained optimization methods for trading decisions under forecasts, risk, costs, liquidity, and operational constraints.
- Develop and validate models, and implement them in production; conduct experiments to assess performance in simulations and live trading.
- Collaborate with research staff and software engineers, and track academic research for new approaches.
What they ask for
- Background in numerical methods, optimization solvers, mathematical programming, or convex or nonconvex optimization.
- Expertise in stochastic control and reinforcement learning.
- Evidence of strong mathematical abilities.
- Ph.D.-level coursework; interest in financial applications is essential.
Nice to have
- Ph.D. degree in a relevant field.
- Python and/or C++.
Pay
$250K – $275K USD base salary; bonus amount not stated
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Applies AI and machine learning research to investment management; this role develops optimization models and systems that guide trading decisions.
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