Quantitative Developer

Job Responsibilities

A highly collaborative, fast-growing team, Point72 Internal Alpha Capture (IAC) is developing scalable quantitative equity trading signals that leverage rigorous research, state-of-the-art machine learning methods, a broad range of public and proprietary data sources, and unparalleled computing power.

You will gain exposure to a variety of activities, which may include:

Developing automated equities trading applications and real-time analytics

Optimizing data ETL pipelines, persistent / in-memory caches and SQL databases

Work alongside quant researchers developing quant signals.

Improving signal research and trading tools infrastructure

Desirable Candidates

Undergraduate or higher degree in computer science, machine learning, or other quantitative discipline

5+ years of experience at a hedge fund, major investment bank, or quantitative trading firm

Strong programming experience in Python with production-level coding quality

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, particularly Docker

Experience with Unix environment and shell scripting

Knowledge of profiling (e.g. VisualVM, async-profiler) and code optimization is a plus

Knowledge of statistics and machine learning is a plus

Willing to take ownership of his/her work, working both independently and within a small team

Prior experience in the financial services industry is a plus

Commitment to the highest ethical standards