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Senior Member of Research Staff, Technical Lead (London)

A research leadership role in London covering ML-based prediction, risk and portfolio optimisation. The person sets a team's agenda while still doing hands-on research.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Lead original research on predictive models and datasets
Set the research agenda for a team
Maintain standards of scientific rigour
Work with engineers to deploy results
Mentor researchers and recruit

What they ask for

Required

3+ years directing research and mentoring
Team-building experience
Statistical methods and machine learning
Strong mathematics
Running large-scale compute
Prototyping numerical software

Preferred

PhD in a relevant field

Education: PhD-level coursework required; PhD in a relevant field preferred
Experience: 3+ years leading research projects

How to prepare

Practise scoping research projects and defining evaluation criteria
Study risk modelling and portfolio optimisation
Build a prototype numerical research library
Develop experience in mentoring and reviewing others' research

What to study

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