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Individuals in this role will devise, implement, evaluate, and iterate to create and improve statistical methods vetting them through direct application to enhancing our trading strategies. Applied ML scientists are expected to navigate quantitative and technical challenges within a project to advance our research methodology. They will have ample opportunity to collaborate with our deep bench of senior researchers and technologists.\nPDTers are creative, energetic, friendly, entrepreneurial, and collaborative. If you could walk around our office, you’d see that we’re a focused, intent, and nimble company with none of the attitude and bureaucracy of a stereotypical Wall Street trading firm. We love to work on challenging and complicated problems, that in return give a chance to make outsized, direct impact on our bottom line. For the right talent, there is fantastic growth potential.\nThis is a hybrid position and will require the person to work from our New York City office at minimum3 days a week. \nWhy join us? \nPDT Partners has a 30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world-measured by the quality of our products, not their size. PDT’s very high employee-retention rate speaks for itself. Our people are intellectually extraordinary and our community is close-knit, down-to-earth, and diverse. \nResponsibilities:\nWork closely with senior researchers on a variety of trading strategies and research projects, with the opportunity to conduct independent research and originate research topics over time\nContribute to the long-term success of our research-driven algorithmic trading business\nBelow is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, we still encourage you to apply because we are committed to developing our people\nSolid mathematical and analytical ability; exceptional problem-solving and modeling ability\nResearch intuition\nExperience in programming (Python, R, Matlab, C++)\nExcellent communication and collaborative white board skills\nMeticulous and detail-oriented, and innately driven to understand issues deeply\nExperience with/interested in working with large data sets\nSelf-motivated and highly-productive, with a strong sense of ownership and urgency\nAble to work collaboratively and productively with others\nEnjoy solving complex, difficult, real-world problems\nEntrepreneurial and creative \nFinance knowledge is not required or expected\nPhD preferred \nUndergraduate or Masters degree with equivalent industry experience in machine learning 2+ years of applied machine learning research experience\n\nStrong publication record\nExperience with the Python scientific stack\nWe take research seriously. 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