Lead Data Scientist (Large Language Models)
11 months ago
The role of a Lead Data Scientist specializing in Large Language Models (LLM) for financial applications involves a combination of technical expertise..
The role of a Lead Data Scientist specializing in Large Language Models (LLM) for financial applications involves a combination of technical expertise in machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and domain knowledge in finance.
Job Title: Lead Data Scientist (Large Language Models)
Responsibilities:
- Develop Large Language Models (LLM):Lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge Large Language Models for financial applications.
Utilize state-of-the-art NLP techniques to process and analyze large volumes of financial data.
- NLP Solutions for Risk Management:Collaborate with risk managers to design and implement NLP solutions that assist in identifying and assessing potential risks in financial datasets.
Leverage LLMs to extract insights from unstructured data sources and enhance risk prediction models.
- Portfolio Management:Work closely with portfolio managers to develop language-based algorithms that aid in portfolio construction, optimization, and decision-making.
Implement sentiment analysis and other NLP techniques to analyze financial news, reports, and social media for impact on portfolios.
- Algorithmic Trading Support:Collaborate with traders to build NLP-driven models that can identify trading opportunities and optimize algorithmic trading strategies.
Implement real-time analysis of market news and social media to influence trading decisions.
- Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering:Lead the preprocessing of financial text data, including tokenization, stemming, and other NLP techniques.
Develop innovative feature engineering strategies to enhance the performance of LLMs for financial applications.
- Model Evaluation and Optimization:Design and implement rigorous evaluation metrics for assessing the performance of LLMs in financial tasks.
Optimize model hyperparameters and architectures for improved accuracy and efficiency.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data engineers, software developers, and domain experts to integrate LLM solutions into existing systems and workflows.
Provide guidance and expertise to other team members.
- Stay Abreast of Industry Trends:Keep abreast of the latest advancements in LLMs, NLP, and machine learning within the finance domain.
Propose and implement new technologies and methodologies to enhance existing models.
Qualifications:
- Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
- Proven experience developing and implementing Large Language Models, with a focus on financial applications.
- Strong expertise in NLP techniques and frameworks.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and experience with relevant libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Solid understanding of financial markets, risk management, and portfolio optimization.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience leading and mentoring a team of data scientists.
Preferred Skills:
- Previous experience in algorithmic trading or quantitative finance.
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
- Knowledge of distributed computing and big data technologies.
- Publications or contributions to the research community in the areas of NLP or machine learning.
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