Senior Weather Analyst/ml Researcher

Jane Street Jane Street · Quant · New York, NY · Quantitative Trading

Applied research role on a weather team, embedded within a commodities trading desk, focusing on atmospheric predictability challenges. Requires strong Python programming and expertise in atmospheric science topics, with AI model experience preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. work on applied research on our weather team, embedded within the commodities trading desk
  2. challenge the limits of atmospheric predictability
  3. push in new and unknown directions while maintaining clarity of purpose

Skills

Required

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Python programming
  • data analysis
  • sub-seasonal predictability
  • data assimilation
  • numerical weather prediction
  • tropical variability
  • synoptic meteorology
  • renewable energy forecasting
  • gridded data
  • observational data
  • satellite data
  • quantitative research

Nice to have

  • AI models

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a strong programmer
  • Have good taste in research

Other signals

  • applied research
  • commodities trading desk
  • atmospheric predictability
  • AI models preferred