Two Sigma
AI Research Scientist - Campus Full-Time
$300K
NY New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Internship or work experience with Deep Learning, LLMs, and/or Reinforcement Learning; Master’s candidates must have prior work experience.
- Education
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another STEM field; final-year PhD candidates or Master’s candidates with work experience.
About the job
Develop and productionize AI and machine learning techniques for predictive financial-market models, including alpha modeling and trading tactics.
What you'll do
- Develop techniques and infrastructure from initial ideas through prototypes and productionization.
- Write code, run experiments, and build predictive models using AI and machine learning tools and cloud infrastructure.
- Collaborate across teams and with research partners, and participate in relevant conferences.
What they ask for
- Excellent Python programming skills and deep knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, or similar.
- Internship or work experience with Deep Learning, LLMs, and/or Reinforcement Learning.
- Machine learning background with large amounts of noisy data and interest in financial applications.
- Experience with cloud environments, multi-machine CPU/GPU setups, version control, testing, code reviews, and profiling.
Nice to have
- Research publications at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or similar.
- Familiarity with Rust, Java, or C++; open-source community participation.
Pay
$300,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Rust, Java, C++, TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX
AI focus
Applies Deep Learning, Large Language Models, and Reinforcement Learning to complex systems and noisy data, especially for financial-market predictive modeling.
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