Pioneer Talent Program - Research Data Scientist

Conduct original research in generative AI and large language models applied to crypto and financial domains — with focus areas including reasoning under market uncertainty, alignment of trading agents, multi-agent coordination, and test-time scaling for time-critical decisions

Design and execute rigorous experiments — formulating clear hypotheses, implementing model and training variants including RLVR-based reasoning approaches, running systematic ablations, and drawing statistically sound conclusions

Develop novel post-training methodologies and evaluation frameworks for LLMs operating in crypto contexts — covering chain-of-thought quality for market analysis, agent decision consistency, and robustness against adversarial prompt injection

Research test-time scaling techniques — process reward models, self-consistency, Monte Carlo Tree Search-based planning — and apply them to improve agent reasoning quality in ambiguous, fast-moving market conditions

Critically track developments across the research community at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, and crypto-adjacent venues — identifying high-leverage opportunities to apply state-of-the-art techniques to Binance's unique challenges

Master's or PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field strongly preferred; exceptional Bachelor's candidates with demonstrable research output will be considered

0–5 years of research or industry experience in ML/AI; strong academic lab or research internship experience equally valued

Deep understanding of transformer architectures, large language model pretraining dynamics, and post-training methodology — including the shift from RLHF toward RLVR-based reasoning model training

Proficiency in Python and PyTorch, Critically, you work in an AI-native way — using vibe coding practices with tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot Workspace as your primary development workflow

Rigorous mathematical foundations: linear algebra, probability theory, information theory, stochastic processes, and numerical optimization

Bilingual English/Mandarin is required to be able to coordinate with overseas partners and stakeholders