ML Lead

Remote setup, flexible hours

Respond to a vacancy
Up to $12k net + PnL share (4–10%, negotiated individually)

Team

  • Small, low-bureaucracy team — fast decision-making and rapid hypothesis testing
  • Team members from top universities (HSE, MIPT, Skoltech, etc.), many with olympiads / Yandex SHAD backgrounds
  • Main office in Serbia + distributed team

Who we are looking for:

  • We are looking for a strong Senior / Lead-level specialist with experience in ML-driven trading / quantitative research
  • The ideal candidate can independently generate and validate trading ideas, build research pipelines, and bring strategies into production-ready state

Requirements

  • Proven experience developing profitable trading / ML-driven strategies
  • Strong knowledge of Python and ML stack (NumPy, numba, PyTorch / JAX, scikit-learn)
  • Strong mathematical / statistical background
  • Experience working with time-series / market data
  • Experience building, testing, and validating hypotheses / signals / models
  • Understanding of trading principles, market structure, and market data
  • Experience in quantitative / ML research

Nice to have

  • Ability to read, analyze, and optimize C++ code
  • Experience with production ML systems
  • Experience in HFT / arbitrage / market-making strategies
  • Experience working with low-latency systems
  • Competitive programming or strong academic background (ICPC, Kaggle, Yandex SHAD, etc.)
  • Publications at top-tier ML conferences
  • Strong results in ML / DS / Quant competitions
  • Experience developing complex ML / DL models

What you’ll do:

  • Develop and improve trading strategies
  • Build ML / quantitative models for forecasting and signal generation
  • Analyze time-series and real-time market data
  • Test hypotheses and improve existing strategies
  • Optimize algorithm speed and efficiency
  • Work with research / backtesting infrastructure
  • Potentially help build new directions and grow a team