NewPosted August 28, 2026
AI Researcher
Hudson River TradingCategory:Quantitative Research
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Salary (per year)
- $200k–$300k
- Bonus
- Yes
Requirements
- Must have two or more years work experience in deep learning research, for any domain: robotics, biology, chemistry, physics, audio, video, etc.
- Experience translating methods between areas of application is highly valued.
- LLM experience is valuable, but not necessary.
- Strong engineering skills valued, especially any of: GPU kernel development, lower-level Pytorch/JAX development, intermediate C++, FPGA/ASIC experience, HPC experience.
About the role
Hudson River Trading (HRT) is hiring an AI Researcher to join the HAIL team. HAIL (HRT AI Labs) is the team at HRT responsible for developing and maintaining our most powerful models, which are used by our trading teams to drive a significant fraction of our trading. We are building and deploying "foundation models for markets", that ingest and train on vast amounts of market data, to make predictions about future market state. We are seeking experienced AI researchers to join our team to accelerate our efforts.
Responsibilities
- improving every part of our models: from featurization of data, to architecture design, to training dynamics, to how trading decisions are made
What you'll get
- $200k–$300k base salary
- discretionary performance-based bonuses
- medical
- dental
- vision
- basic life insurance
- enrollment in our company’s retirement savings plans
- sick and parental leave
- other paid time off (including 20 vacation days and 10 paid holidays in the US)
Skills
deep learning research · LLM · GPU kernel development · Pytorch · JAX · C++ · FPGA · ASIC · HPC