Senior AI Research Scientist

Join our AI Research Team to drive innovation in financial AI. As a Senior AI Research Scientist, you will focus on developing state-of-the-art algorithms and skills for agentic applications in trading, portfolio optimization, and risk management. This is a strategic role requiring expertise in advanced AI methodologies and deep financial acumen.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead research initiatives to develop novel AI models for financial applications.
• Design algorithms for portfolio optimization, legal insights, and risk analytics.
• Collaborate with global teams to implement research findings into production-grade systems.
• Publish research in peer-reviewed journals and present findings at industry conferences.
• Provide thought leadership and drive innovation across AI initiatives.

Requirements

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related fields.
• 8+ years of experience in AI research, preferably in financial services.
• Good knowledge in at least one of the following applied machine learning fields: Recommender Systems, NLP, Information Retrieval, Causal Inference, Time Series, Knowledge Graph
• Proven track record of working with large language models such as Develop LLM applications using prompt engineering, agent AI and fine-tuning of LLMs
• Experience in creating end-to-end MLOps/LLMOps pipelines for continuous monitoring and improvement of LLM applications
• Experience with Transformer/Attention architecture for text summarization, vectorization, entity extraction and reasoning
• Superb Python programming skills and experience with data science libraries, e.g., NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, writing efficient production-level code, which is well-written and explainable
• Strong publication record in top-tier journals is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, a growth mindset and overall decency.

Benefits

Compensation

iGenius offers a competitive compensation structure, including salary, performance-based bonuses, and additional components based on experience. All roles include comprehensive benefits as part of the total compensation package.

About iGenius

Founded in 2016, iGenius is an AI company specialized in AI products tailored for highly regulated sectors, including financial services, government, and heavy industry. iGenius’ flagship product, Crystal, is an AI-powered Decision Intelligence tool for analyzing data in natural language. In addition, iGenius’ offer includes two proprietary Large Language Models: Italia 9B, an open-source Italian Foundational Large Language Model, developed with Cineca, and Colosseum 355B, a state-of-the-art LLM powering Agentic AI for regulated industries, built with the latest NVIDIA technology. These two LLMs power a second iGenius product, Unicorn, which supports companies in adopting AI safely and effectively, with custom applications tailored to their needs. In December 2024, iGenius joined forces with NVIDIA to build Colosseum, one of the largest AI supercomputers in the world, powered by Grace Blackwell Superchips.

As one of the top AI unicorns in Europe, iGenius has attracted Fortune 500 companies, including Allianz and Intesa Sanpaolo. Moreover, Gartner has recognized iGenius as a “Cool Vendor” in the AI Core Technologies category and mentioned it in its Market Guide for Conversational AI. 

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