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DeepTech Specialist Recruitment Consultant, working within the AI/ML, Blockchain and FinTech sectors.

Machine Learning Research Engineer — Quant Forecasting

$150,000 – $300,000 + 0.1–1% Equity + Flexible PTO

Are you excited by intellectually challenging problems and motivated to apply advanced ML research to real-world impact? Do you enjoy working in fast-paced, high-ownership environments where your work directly contributes to both capital strategies and scientific progress?

This is a rare opportunity to join a well backed start-up which is about to raise Series A and is already highly profitable.

You’ll be one of the first engineers shaping a high-performance team that’s building forecasting engines with real-world leverage—powering applications from algorithmic trading to scientific modeling, with direct deployment through proprietary capital strategies and scalable APIs.

You’ll be joining a tightly knit group of three ultra-committed founders. The culture is intense, focused, and deeply ambitious—expect to work hard, including weekends, in pursuit of breakthroughs that matter. You’ll collaborate directly with decision-makers to define research goals and push models into production across markets and science.

This is a role for someone with a quant research, strong educational credentials, and a desire for end-to-end ownership whilst working on complex forecasting architectures while contributing to both research and systems engineering.

If you’re eager to build models that drive both financial outcomes and meaningful innovation, and you’re ready to put in the work to make it happen, this is the ideal role for you.

The Role

• Build and train large-scale forecasting models
• Deploy systems into real-time trading and forecasting infrastructure
• Contribute to deployment systems (API, capital strategy engines)
• Collaborate directly with founders on high-level product and research decisions
• Apply models in domains like algorithmic trading and scientific forecasting

The Person

• Exceptional background in Mathematics, Physics etc
• Proficient in Python or Rust
• Willing to commit fully to a fast-moving start-up

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research and Engineering

• Industries

  Government Administration and Software Development

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