ML Applied Scientist

Job Description

About 9fin

The world's largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data.

Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it’s in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered.

Our mission is to change this.

9fin's proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time.

Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms.

What you'll work on

The Data Science team is growing at 9fin! We are doing world-class work with groundbreaking technologies to build data-driven products using machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, speech and audio, and knowledge/data mining. We are looking for an ML Applied Scientist to help us define and build our capabilities. Come and join us, you will get to build large scale machine learning systems, learn and apply the latest techniques, and work alongside other great researchers and engineers!

Every day is different, but here's an example of the kind of things you'll work on:

• Drive end to end model development lifecycle, leading the team in best practices, ensuring reproducible research and well managed model delivery/deployment.

• Collaborate cross functionally to share diverse ideas, understand business problems, and elevate/mentor your teammates.

• Translate complex problems into well-defined scoped bets in an internal startup style environment, dynamic and fast-paced.

• Learn and apply ground-breaking research and approaches in advanced topics, iterating improvements with fail fast mentality.

• Be a proactive sharer of compelling ideas/work to the rest of the team and organisation. We want you to help lead/push the adoption of AI throughout 9fin.

About You

This role will be a great fit if you:

• Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and have solid programming skills.

• Hands-on professional experience in one or more of the areas: NLP, Recommender systems, Information Retrieval stacks, GenAI.

• Familiar with architecture and implementation of 1+ ML frameworks (PyTorch, scikit-learn).

• Experience working in the full model lifecycle (including experimentation, training, testing, monitoring, and deployment).

• Knowledge of AWS’s machine learning infrastructure is a plus.

Benefits

We’re a scaling start up, and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Financial & Insurance

• Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)

• Equity options

• Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness

• Group Life Assurance

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off

• 25 holiday days per year

• Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)

• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year

• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture

• Professional learning and development budget

• Quarterly team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

A note from the hiring manager

You know what makes 9fin a great modern data analytics platform? The people and the data! They are the reasons we’re loved by so many debt market professionals, including ourselves! We’re constantly iterating our ways to become a more data first driven company, where data and analytics drive the decisions. If you want to help push a business, through data, to new heights, 9fin is the place for you! I hope you consider talking to me to learn more about the role. - Sean, Head of Data & AI.

9fin is an equal opportunities employer

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.