As an AI Researcher at Vatic Labs, you will research and develop innovative AI-driven quantitative trading strategies. You will explore vast amounts of market and alternative data, inventing and applying a new generation of state-of-the-art technologies that are inspired by large language models, deep neural networks, transformers, and advanced prompt engineering methods (e.g. GPT-4) to discover and capitalize on trading opportunities.

The nature of the problems we work on is challenging, hence we hire some of the world's top AI talent to develop novel AI methods and trading strategies. Our team of talented researchers and technologists has been recognized as leaders in their field. Our distinguished researchers have been widely cited for their publications in top-tier, peer-reviewed scientific journals. We are passionate about hiring the best and the brightest, empowering them with the tools and mentorship needed to be successful. Our environment is highly collaborative and open, sharing AI and trading expertise across team members and fostering innovation and growth.

If you possess all or most of the following, we would love to explore what is available for you with our team:

• Earned or will earn a Ph.D. in a quantitative field, such as Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Math, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, Cognitive Science, Physics or another field of science.
• Experience analyzing large data sets with rigorous statistical and ML/AI approaches, including classification, clustering, regression (linear and nonlinear), optimization, signal processing, filtering and smoothing, time-series analysis, hidden Markov models, high-dimensional data analysis, vector quantization, decision tree methods, EM methods, Bayesian methods, variational inference methods, and neural networks.
• Demonstration of deep knowledge of large language models and deep neural networks for practical applications (e.g. NLP, vision, speech, signal processing, scientific computing, finance, etc). Finance applications preferred but not necessary.
• Ability to generate impactful research in academic or professional pursuits.
• Advanced understanding and experience of practical programming languages and software tools for data analysis and ML/AI applications, such as Python, C++, PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.
• Interest and enthusiasm for learning about financial markets (previous experience not required).

At Vatic, we’re serious about our work—but we also believe in balance, growth, and having fun along the way. Here’s what you can expect:

• Flat structure with direct executive exposure – Work closely with leadership and make an impact from day one.
• Comprehensive health benefits – Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
• Daily meals provided – Enjoy free breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the office.
• Gym membership – Stay healthy with a gym reimbursement, in addition to our onsite gym. 
• Unlimited office snacks – Fuel your day with your favorite snacks, always stocked.
• Fun team outings – Build camaraderie and unwind with regular events.
• Organized poker, ping pong, and game nights – We’re a competitive group that enjoys getting together to challenge one another.

The base salary range for this role is between $175,000 and $250,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.

Our technology team is seeking talented engineers who are interested in building and supporting globally distributed trading and research systems. You will collaborate with software, hardware, and systems engineers to build and optimize tools that will improve the efficiency and operations of our systems. Strong Python and CI/CD skills are a must, as is a keen eye for automation. Given our growth and expansion plans, there is tremendous opportunity for contribution and expansion of your skills in this role. If you love working in a high impact and fast paced role, this is the perfect job for you!

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and implementing automated Continuous Integration/Continuous Design (CI/CD) tools, including Kubernetes
• Benchmarking and tuning critical software services to achieve optimum performance internally and at all the venues we connect to around the globe
• Building systems to monitor real-time production trading systems
• Collaborating with trading and research teams to deploy and support mission critical systems
• Working with and administering high performance database instances
• Working with Google Cloud Compute platform to facilitate researcher use cases

If you possess the following, we would love to explore what is available for you with our team:

• 3+ years experience supporting large-scale, distributed systems, preferably in a cloud computing environment
• Knowledge of GCP IAM permission and user management
• Experience using terraform to manage and tag resources
• Prior exposure to kubernetes cluster and application management
• Familiar with techniques on managing fleets of VMs, including metrics collection, alert configuration, and log ingestion policies
• Experience supporting and building high-quality tools for backup, deployment, testing via automation
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Design support & technology integration, management, etc.
• Performance tuning/optimization of systems/software
• Strong experience with Python Development in a Linux environment, with an emphasis on automation
• SQL, Shell and Bash scripting skills
• Experience in developing developer tools or CLIs
• Knowledge of streaming processes or Kafka
• Previous experience in working with relational and columnary databases
• Previous experience in financial/exchange protocols is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A passion for technology and innovation
• Excellent communication skills
• Confident team player motivated by a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or its equivalent

While we are serious about our work at Vatic, we also promote a fun environment! You can expect:

• Ping-pong and poker games
• Fun team outings 
• Unlimited office snacks
• Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Gym membership
• Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents

The base salary range for this role is between $125,000 and $250,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.

As a Systems Engineer at Vatic, you will be tasked with maintaining, optimizing, and growing the infrastructure that powers our low-latency trading, and research systems. You will work across servers, networking equipment, cloud resources, and other specialized equipment to deliver performance, stability, and determinism. This role is highly visible within the organization and you will have the opportunity to work across the business to help build innovative technology solutions.

We employ a team of talented engineers who have been recognized as leaders in our field. We are passionate about hiring the best and brightest, empowering them with the tools and freedom they need to be successful.  

If you possess the following, we would love to explore what is available for you on our team.

• Earned or will earn a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM field
• At least 3 years of hands-on administration experience in a low-latency trading environment
• Excellent understanding of the Linux ecosystem and expertise in installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Linux servers
• Expertise in tuning x86 Linux servers for low latency and deterministic performance
• Understanding of, and experience with management of high precision clock synchronization technologies
• Experience with automating system builds and configuration management  tools
• A strong understanding of networking concepts and key protocols (Ethernet, IP, and UDP multicast)
• An automation and standardization mindset

You will stand out if you have:

• Expertise with RHEL or downstream derivatives
• Experience managing large-scale compute clusters and high-performance distributed storage systems
• Hands on administration with Cisco and Arista network switches
• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform and its multitude of services
• Knowledge of core office infrastructure – think MDM, identity, data security, firewalls

At Vatic, we’re serious about our work—but we also believe in balance, growth, and having fun along the way. Here’s what you can expect:

• Flat structure with direct executive exposure – Work closely with leadership and make an impact from day one.
• Comprehensive health benefits – Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
• Daily meals provided – Enjoy free breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the office.
• Gym membership – Stay healthy with a gym reimbursement, in addition to our onsite gym. 
• Unlimited office snacks – Fuel your day with your favorite snacks, always stocked.
• Fun team outings – Build camaraderie and unwind with regular events.
• Organized poker, ping pong, and game nights – We’re a competitive group that enjoys getting together to challenge one another.

The base salary range for this role is between $200,000 and $300,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.

Our Software Engineers are focused on developing innovative platforms and systems that drive our trading and research efforts. While performance is a critical component of our software, we are focused on building a platform that is massively scalable, flexible, and forward-looking.  Our environment is highly collaborative, fostering innovation and growth.

As a C++ Software Engineer with Vatic, you will work directly with traders, researchers, and other developers to engineer cutting edge, ultra-low latency, high throughput trading systems. You will play a key role in taking projects from conception to deployment. You will drive innovation for the frameworks upon which our trading applications are based, as well as benchmarking and tuning critical software services to achieve optimum performance.

We employ a team of talented engineers who have been recognized as leaders in our field. We are passionate about hiring the best and brightest, empowering them with the tools and freedom they need to be successful.  

If you possess the following, we would love to explore what is available for you with our team:

• Advanced proficiency with C/C++ systems development in a Linux environment
• Performance tuning and optimization of low latency software
• Demonstrable success building high performance software
• Experience building latency sensitive systems with a strong understanding of low-level systems and network development
• Strong understanding of hardware stack and hardware architecture from a latency perspective
• Strong understanding of network protocols
• Experience writing assembly code desirable
• Advanced knowledge of operating system internals and Linux kernel 
• Interest in x86 Assembly

At Vatic, we’re serious about our work—but we also believe in balance, growth, and having fun along the way. Here’s what you can expect:

• Flat structure with direct executive exposure – Work closely with leadership and make an impact from day one.
• Comprehensive health benefits – Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
• Daily meals provided – Enjoy free breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the office.
• Gym membership – Stay healthy with a gym reimbursement, in addition to our onsite gym. 
• Unlimited office snacks – Fuel your day with your favorite snacks, always stocked.
• Fun team outings – Build camaraderie and unwind with regular events.
• Organized poker, ping pong, and game nights – We’re a competitive group that enjoys getting together to challenge one another.

The base salary range for this role is between $175,000 and $275,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.

Interested in working at the intersection of AI research, quant trading, and software engineering? As a Quantitative Developer at Vatic Labs, you will collaborate with our team to build and rapidly scale state-of-the-art algorithmic trading systems. You will work alongside computer scientists and researchers helping to enhance their productivity by developing innovative code that enables their work to be rapidly tested and applied to the markets. Quantitative Developers are integral in bringing ideas to life and creating real-time solutions.

The nature of the problems we work on is challenging, hence we hire some of the world's top talent to develop novel AI methods and trading strategies. Our team of talented researchers and technologists have been recognized as leaders in their field. We are passionate about hiring the best and the brightest, empowering them with the tools and mentorship needed to be successful. Our environment is highly collaborative, fostering innovation and growth.

If you possess the following, we would love to explore what is available for you with our team:

• Earned or will earn a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related field 
• 2+ years’ experience building high-performance, distributed software
• Deep understanding of C++ and Python in a Linux environment, with an emphasis on low latency and distributed computing
• Strong understanding of machine learning, statistical learning, or deep learning methods and technologies
• Performance tuning/optimization of software and algorithms
• Exposure to high-performance computing
• Innate curiosity for understanding why and how the markets work

At Vatic, we’re serious about our work—but we also believe in balance, growth, and having fun along the way. Here’s what you can expect:

• Flat structure with direct executive exposure – Work closely with leadership and make an impact from day one.
• Comprehensive health benefits – Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
• Daily meals provided – Enjoy free breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the office.
• Gym membership – Stay healthy with a gym reimbursement, in addition to our onsite gym. 
• Unlimited office snacks – Fuel your day with your favorite snacks, always stocked.
• Fun team outings – Build camaraderie and unwind with regular events.
• Organized poker, ping pong, and game nights – We’re a competitive group that enjoys getting together to challenge one another.

The base salary range for this role is between $150,000 and $350,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed-upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.

Vatic is looking for an AI engineer with proven experience with large foundational models.  Our environment is highly collaborative, fostering innovation and growth. We are interested in a variety of data modalities (language, vision, multimodal, and structured data) and modern model architectures. We are looking for team players who are interested in developing next-generation platforms and tools for Machine Learning as well as conducting state-of-the-art research. 

As an AI Engineer you will:

• Play a crucial role in designing and developing cutting-edge frameworks that can serve as the future tools to help develop innovative platforms and systems that drive our trading and research efforts, with a different lens through foundational models. 
• Work closely with a team of passionate researchers and engineers to make sure such frameworks are compatible with recent cloud platforms, popular ML frameworks and libraries, as well as modern model architectures.
• play a central role in defining and running large-scale experiments that contribute towards rigorous evaluation and in-depth model analysis.

We employ a team of talented engineers who have been recognized as leaders in our field. We are passionate about hiring the best and brightest, empowering them with the tools and freedom they need to be successful.  

If you possess the following, we would love to explore what is available for you with our team:

• Keen interest in training, evaluation, understanding, and innovation of foundational models
• Advanced proficiency with Python development in a Linux environment
• Strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI methods and technologies
• Direct experience with multi-GPU model training
• Demonstrable success building high performance software
• Performance tuning/optimization of software and algorithms
• Familiarity with parallel computing models and frameworks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A passion for trading, research, and technology
• Excitement and interest in using readily available open source technologies and prototypes
• Excellent communication skills
• Confident team player motivated by a fast-paced environment

At Vatic, we’re serious about our work—but we also believe in balance, growth, and having fun along the way. Here’s what you can expect:

• Flat structure with direct executive exposure – Work closely with leadership and make an impact from day one.
• Comprehensive health benefits – Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
• Daily meals provided – Enjoy free breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the office.
• Gym membership – Stay healthy with a gym reimbursement, in addition to our onsite gym. 
• Unlimited office snacks – Fuel your day with your favorite snacks, always stocked.
• Fun team outings – Build camaraderie and unwind with regular events.
• Organized poker, ping pong, and game nights – We’re a competitive group that enjoys getting together to challenge one another.

The base salary range for this role is between $175,000 and $275,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.