About this role
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