Machine Learning Engineer

Role: AI EngineerML Engineer – AI Lab

Firm: Top tier Systematic Trading Firm

📍 Shanghai (relocation supported for candidates outside Shanghai) | Full-time

I'm working with a leading global quant firm to hire for their AI Lab in Shanghai. The team is actively expanding across Asia-Pacific and running some genuinely interesting new projects at the intersection of AI research and systematic trading. They're hiring engineers with expertise in one (or more) of the following areas:

Depending on your area of expertise, you'll work on one of:

• Agentic AI – designing and building autonomous, multi-step AI agents and the frameworks that power them
• Operations / LLM deployment – deploying, monitoring, and maintaining LLM systems reliably in production
• LLM infrastructure build-out – building the infrastructure and tooling that supports training, fine-tuning, and serving large language models at scale
• Reinforcement Learning – researching and applying RL techniques to real-world, high-impact problems
• Collaborate closely with quant researchers and traders to bring AI capabilities into live trading and research workflows
• Contribute to a rapidly growing team shaping how AI is used across the firm

What we're looking for:

• Strong hands-on experience in at least one of: Agentic AI, LLM Ops/deployment, LLM infrastructure, or Reinforcement Learning
• Solid engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production-grade systems
• Genuine curiosity about applying AI/ML to trading and research problems
• Proficiency in Python is a must, C++ is a huge plus
• Open to candidates from a range of technical backgrounds — trading/finance experience isn't required
• Non-Chinese speaking candidate is welcome

Why join

• High-impact role inside a fast-growing AI Lab at one of the world's top quant trading firms
• Genuinely interesting, cutting-edge projects with real APAC expansion momentum
• Strong compensation, plus a solid relocation package if you're not already based in Shanghai

Feel free to apply, or contact me directly — Crystal, crystal@tribusgrp.com, WA: +852 6761 9964