Unnamed AI research lab | ML research engineer | Zurich, Switzerland | Full-time | Onsite | 100-200k CHF I am starting a research lab funded by a hedge fund that I created 5 years ago. The hedge is doing well, and applies ML to quant finance. The research and trading activities should reinforce each other over time: the research publishes research and fosters in-house ML expertise. The trading applies ML to quant finance and brings funding. The research entity is incorporated, funded, has an office and 0 employees currently.

My vision for the research lab is the following:

  - A bunch of phds in a room: create a good working environment, optimize for research output & runway.
  - Take the "bitter lesson" seriously: most of the successes in modern machine learning are due to deep learning and the ability to leverage vasts amounts of compute and data.

I want to study how DL/LLM models reason, using ARC as a benchmark (https://arcprize.org/, https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01547). Techniques I want to investigate include test time compute, active inference, meta-learning, self-play, or any technique that would be considered "system 2".

With that in mind, today I'm looking for the following role:

  - ML research engineer

Compensation will include flexible options scheme based on results. Interest and knowhow in the following is a plus: Deep learning, transformer models, reasoning, world models, learning-to-learn, mechinterp, bayesian methods, probabilistic programming.

I will mostly consider candidates having an EU passport for visa reasons.

To apply, email me at not_a_cat at fastmail dot com.