Senior Research Engineer (Relocate to Hong Kong)

Flow Traders • New York, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Flow Traders is looking for a Senior Research Engineer to join their Hong Kong Office. This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture. The company values quick-witted, creative minds and challenges them to reach their full potential. As a Senior Research Engineer, you will be instrumental in leading the development of the trading model research framework and utilizing it to research and develop models for production trading. Your responsibilities will include expanding the framework to establish a global standard for training, consuming, combining, and transforming data sources in a data-driven, systematic manner. You will also collaborate with Quantitative Researchers to build trading models.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science or similar
• 8+ years of hands-on experience MLOps, Research Engineering, or ML Research
• A strong background in mathematics and statistics
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, with experience in libraries like numpy, pytorch, polars, pandas, and ray.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing end-to-end machine learning pipelines, including data preprocessing, model training, deployment, and monitoring
• Understanding of and experience with modern software development practices and tools (e.g. Agile, version control, automated testing, CI/CD, observability)
• Understanding of cloud platforms (e. g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e. g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

• Help to lead the development and global rollout of our research framework for defining and training models through various optimization procedures (supervised learning, backtesting etc.), as well as its integration with our platform for deploying and running those models in production
• Partner with Quantitative Researchers to conduct research: test hypotheses and tune/develop data-driven systematic trading strategies and alpha signals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior