attimet
Founding Researcher / Quant
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San Francisco, CA, US
Salary:$100K - $150K / 0.25% - 1.00%
Employment type:Full-time
Experience:3+ years
Job summary
The Founding Researcher / Quant will lead the development of predictive models and machine learning strategies in a dynamic research lab focused on financial markets. This role involves integrating alternative data, designing experiments, and collaborating closely with founders to test predictions in real-time trading environments.
Key responsibilities
Minimum requirements
About the role
Why you should join us
We’re building a research lab with a real-time feedback loop: the financial markets.
We're working with structured and unstructured data at scale to build temporal AI systems that adapt, predict, and act.
Our edge isn’t secret data or microwaves — it’s the speed at which we iterate and learn.
You’ll lead ML/AI strategy at the intersection of research and live deployment.
We’re starting in options - complex, under-modeled, and full of opportunity.
Join a frontier team with over a decade of experience in quant trading. These aren’t logos from internships - we’ve started and led teams at Optiver, DRW, and Argo AI.
What you’ll do
Lead development of predictive models, RL agents, and signal discovery workflows.
Integrate alternative data, design experiments, and rapidly test hypotheses in sim + live trading. Measure your impact in market returns.
Work side-by-side with the founders to test predictions in real markets and learn from every outcome - good and bad.
Shape the research direction, modeling stack, and experimental culture from day one.
What we’re looking for
Deep expertise in ML/AI - especially time-series, forecasting, representation learning.
Strong coding background: Python, data pipelines, AWS/GCP infra.
Experience deploying models in production: you care about what works, not just what looks good on paper.
Clear thinker, fast builder, excited to work at the edge of research and execution
Zero experience in financial markets is expected. Drive and curiosity matter.
You’ll be given the autonomy to do some of the best work for your life.
About attimet
We’re building a research lab that puts its ideas to the test in one of the most complex, information-rich environments in the world: the financial markets.
Much of trading still depends on hand-crafted signals and intuition. We’re approaching it differently - from first principles. We design systems that learn, adapt, and improve with data. Our infrastructure is built to accelerate research: fast iteration loops, real-time feedback, and direct connection between ideas and outcomes.
We’re starting with liquid markets like equities and options - high-dimensional, dynamic systems where traditional pipelines break down. Our goal isn’t just to model them better - it’s to build a platform for experimentation, where every result tightens the loop between theory and practice.
If you care about learning systems, clean abstractions, and applying research in the wild - we’re hiring.