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# Machine Learning Intern at Tower Research Capital

- **Company:** Tower Research Capital
- **Location:** Montréal, Canada
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://www.tower-research.com/open-positions/?gh_jid=7077280

## Job description

Tower Research Capital est une société renommée de négociation quantitative fondée en 1998. Tower a fondé ses affaires en se basant sur une plateforme à haute performance et sur des équipes de négociation indépendantes. Nous avons plus de 25 ans d’expérience en innovation et une réputation de découvrir des occasions uniques sur le marché.

Tower abrite certains des meilleurs talents mondiaux en matière de négociation systématique et d’ingénierie. Nous permettons aux gestionnaires de portefeuille de bâtir leurs équipes et leurs stratégies de façon indépendante tout en offrant les économies d’échelle qui proviennent d’une grande organisation mondiale.

Les ingénieurs prospèrent chez Tower tout en développant une infrastructure de négociation électronique à un niveau de classe mondiale. Nos ingénieurs règlent des problèmes complexes dans les domaines de la programmation à faible latence, de la technologie FPGA, de l’accélération matérielle et de l’apprentissage automatique. Notre investissement continu dans les meilleurs talents d’ingénierie et dans les meilleures technologies garantit que notre plateforme demeure inégalée en termes de fonctionnalité, d’évolutivité et de performance.

À Tower, chaque employé joue un rôle dans notre réussite. Nos équipes de soutien aux entreprises sont essentielles à la création et à la maintenance de la plateforme qui alimente toutes nos activités : elles réunissent l’accès au marché, les données, le calcul et l’infrastructure de recherche à la gestion des risques, la conformité et une gamme complète de services aux entreprises. Nos équipes de soutien aux entreprises permettent à nos équipes de négociation et d’ingénierie de donner le meilleur d’elles-mêmes.

À Tower, les employés trouveront un environnement stimulant et axé sur les résultats où des collègues très intelligents et motivés s’inspirent mutuellement pour atteindre leur plus grand potentiel.

Responsabilités

- Développer des pipelines de données pour nettoyer, collecter, traiter et analyser des ensembles de données variés
- Concevoir et mettre en œuvre des modèles d’apprentissage automatique et de traitement automatique du langage naturel (TALN) fondés sur les grands modèles de langage (LLM)
- Mener des expériences et des tests afin d’évaluer la performance des modèles
- Contribuer à l’optimisation et au réglage fin des modèles d’apprentissage automatique existants

## Qualifications

- Baccalauréat, maîtrise ou doctorat, en cours ou terminé, ou expérience équivalente
- Expérience pratique obligatoire dans l’entraînement, la création et le déploiement de modèles avec TensorFlow, PyTorch ou des outils similaires
- Expérience des pipelines d’intégration et de déploiement continus (CI/CD) et du MLOps pour automatiser le déploiement des modèles
- Maîtrise de Linux, SQL, Git et des scripts Bash
- Excellente connaissance de Python

Le siège social de Tower est situé dans l’édifice Équitable, au plein cœur du district financier de New York. Toutefois, notre influence est mondiale, et nous avons plus d’une douzaine de bureaux dans le monde entier.

À Tower, nous croyons que le travail devrait être à la fois stimulant et agréable. C’est pourquoi nous favorisons une culture où les personnes intelligentes et motivées prospèrent, sans les egos. Notre milieu de travail à concept ouvert, notre code vestimentaire décontracté et nos cuisines bien approvisionnées reflètent la valeur que nous accordons à un environnement amical et collaboratif où tout le monde est respecté et où les bonnes idées sont gagnantes.

Nos avantages comprennent :

- Rémunération concurrentielle
- Déjeuner, dîner et collations offerts chaque jour
- Activités de réseautage et événements sociaux
- Possibilités d’apprendre auprès des membres de la haute direction de l’entreprise
- Accès à des mentors issus de votre établissement d’origine et d’autres institutions de premier plan

À Tower, vous trouverez une culture collaborative et accueillante, une équipe diversifiée et un milieu de travail qui valorise à la fois le rendement et le plaisir. Pas de hiérarchie inutile. Pas d’ego. Juste des gens formidables qui font un travail formidable, ensemble.

Tower Research Capital est un employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi.

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Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.

Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.

Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.

At Tower, every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do — combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.

## Responsibilities

- Develop data pipelines for cleaning, collecting, processing, and analyzing diverse datasets
- Design and implement machine learning and LLM-based NLP models
- Conduct experiments and tests to evaluate model performance
- Contribute to optimizing and fine-tuning existing machine learning models

## Qualifications

- A bachelor’s, master's, or PhD (ongoing or complete) degree or equivalent from a top university
- Prior experience with training, building, and deploying models via Tensorflow/Pytorch (or similar) is mandatory
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and MLOps for automating model deployments
- Skilled in using Linux, SQL, Git, and BASH scripting
- Strong knowledge of Python

Tower’s headquarters are in the historic Equitable Building, right in the heart of NYC’s Financial District and our impact is global, with over a dozen offices around the world.

At Tower, we believe work should be both challenging and enjoyable. That is why we foster a culture where smart, driven people thrive – without the egos. Our open concept workplace, casual dress code, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value we place on a friendly, collaborative environment where everyone is respected, and great ideas win.

Our benefits include:

- Competitive compensation package
- Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
- Exciting networking and social events
- Opportunities to learn from senior management across the firm
- Mentors from your alma mater and other top institutions

At Tower, you’ll find a collaborative and welcoming culture, a diverse team and a workplace that values both performance and enjoyment. No unnecessary hierarchy. No ego. Just great people doing great work – together.

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.

## About Tower Research Capital

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tower Research Capital is an American quantitative trading firm that builds high-performance technology platforms for systematic trading across all asset classes, markets, and time horizons.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1998
- **Founders**: Mark Gorton, Alistair Brown

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services (Quantitative Trading, High-Frequency Trading, Liquidity Provision)
- **Target customers**: Institutional (the firm trades for its own capital; it provides a platform for systematic portfolio managers and quantitative trading teams)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To create an environment that empowers quantitative trading teams to innovate and reach their greatest potential, powered by a high-performance technology platform [tower-research.com](https://tower-research.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Quantitative Trading Platform**: A proprietary, high-performance technology stack supporting every aspect of trading and research — market access, data management, quantitative research, compute infrastructure, compliance, and risk management.
- **Systematic Portfolio Management**: A platform that allows dozens of independent trading and research teams to build and execute strategies while benefiting from economies of scale.
- **Liquidity Provision**: Market-making and liquidity services across a massive range of asset classes, products, regions, and venues.
- **Tower Ventures**: An investment arm for evaluating business opportunities and supporting new ventures.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $600.0M (estimated, per LinkedIn data) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tower-research-capital)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm is founder-owned; no external venture investors listed. Key partners include exchanges and trading venues globally.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 997 employees (+15.3% YoY, +191 people); operates in 21 countries with 11 offices (New York, Chicago, South Charleston, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Gurgaon, GIFT City, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai); 64 active job postings; 204,460 LinkedIn followers (+20.7% yearly growth) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tower-research-capital)

## Competitive Advantages
- **25+ Year Track Record**: One of the longest-standing quantitative trading firms, with a proven ability to adapt to new market opportunities.
- **Platform-First Model**: Unlike many hedge funds, Tower provides a shared high-performance platform (technology, data, infrastructure, risk management, compliance) that allows independent trading teams to focus purely on alpha generation.
- **Continuous Investment**: Robust, ongoing investment in market access, data, research, compute infrastructure, low-latency technology, and machine learning.
- **Team-Based Structure**: Dozens of independent trading and research teams operate autonomously while benefiting from the firm’s scale, creating an entrepreneurial environment within a stable organization.
- **Cutting-Edge Engineering**: Engineers work on the latest advances in machine learning, wireless telecommunication, hardware acceleration, and low-latency programming.

## Strategic Focus
- **Talent Acquisition**: Continuous investment in top trading, engineering, and business support talent as the firm’s primary growth driver.
- **Technology Leadership**: Building the fastest, most scalable, highest-performing trading technology stack in the industry.
- **Global Expansion**: Operating across 21 countries with a growing presence in key financial hubs (GIFT City, Singapore, etc.).
- **Diversification**: Expanding across asset classes, products, regions, and venues to capture new market opportunities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values excellence, teamwork, integrity, respect, and innovation. Described as a stimulating, results-oriented environment that values entrepreneurs and self-starters [tower-research.com](https://tower-research.com/about-us/)
- **Work Style**: Team-based structure with autonomy and independence; cross-functional collaboration encouraged. "Calm and Focus" is a stated value — the firm emphasizes maintaining composure when the unexpected occurs [tower-research.com](https://tower-research.com/careers/)
- **Remote/Hybrid**: "Possibilities for hybrid work" are mentioned as a perk [tower-research.com](https://tower-research.com/careers/)
- **Perks**:
    - Discretionary and team-based bonuses
    - 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
    - Robust medical benefits plans
    - 401(k) with company matching (US employees)
    - Complimentary in-office meals daily
    - Regular social gatherings and events
    - Professional development workshops
    - Donation matching program
- **Engineering Culture**: Engineers work on cutting-edge problems in machine learning, wireless telecom, hardware acceleration, and low-latency programming. The interview process is described as straightforward — "no gotcha questions, random logic problems, or abstract, overly academic discussions" [tower-research.com](https://tower-research.com/careers/)
- **Career Growth**: Commitment to supporting employee growth with professional development workshops and a focus on helping employees reach their full potential.

## Sources
1. [tower-research.com](https://tower-research.com/)
2. [tower-research.com/about-us/](https://tower-research.com/about-us/)
3. [tower-research.com/careers/](https://tower-research.com/careers/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/tower-research-capital](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tower-research-capital)

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