Machine Learning Performance Engineer
Goliath Partners
Mundelein, IL · $200k–$300k a year · Posted October 26, 2026
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...Job Description Goliath is partnered with an established quantitative trading firm seeking an engineer to improve the performance of machine learning models in production. \n \n Working within its central engineering group, you’ll tackle the hardware and software...