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Machine Learning Research Engineer

Optiver · New York, New York

Posted about 3 months ago · Previously reposted

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Optiver 's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
No
0% of Optiver 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Optiver
high
166 stale, 3 reposted of 168 open
Hiring momentum
222 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Optiver 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Optiver .

About this role

As a Machine Learning Research Engineer at Optiver, you will focus on advancing futures trading strategies through innovative research in deep learning, building robust training and inference pipelines, and enhancing open-source deep learning frameworks. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers while developing a deep understanding of trading systems.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Optiver as an employer.

What you need

  • PhD or equivalent industry experience in a field related to machine learning
  • Expertise in building deep-learning models in PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
  • Experience in programming in Python
  • Experience in computationally intensive research on very large data sets

Nice to have

  • Experience with JAX ecosystem (XLA, Flax, etc.)
  • Experience in programming for GPUs or other accelerators (CUDA, Triton, Pallas, etc.)
  • Contributions to open-source projects related to data science and machine learning
  • Strong publication record at conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, etc.
  • Expertise in internals of deep-learning frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.

What you get

  • Highly competitive compensation package
  • Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
  • 401(k) match up to 50%
  • Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
  • 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
  • Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed other than the base salary range of $200,000
  • Role involves significant collaboration, which may require strong interpersonal skills
  • Focus on deep learning and trading systems may limit exposure to other areas of machine learning

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Listed by Optiver on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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