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Point72 Deep Learning/NLP Researcher

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Point72

Sep 23, 2023

Applications are closed

  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Data
    Software Engineering
  • $150K - $200K
  • New York

Requirements

  • Bachelor, Master’s or PhD graduate or candidate in computer science or another quantitative discipline
  • Proficient in Python and general software engineering principles (github, testing, dev workflow)
  • Strong Machine Learning/Statistics understanding
  • Interest in financial markets
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior research experience
  • Prior experience (fulltime or internship) in software development
  • Experience with deep learning, specifically NLP – PyTorch, HuggingFace, LLMs, etc.
  • Data science stack familiarity

Responsibilities

  • Building NLP datasets and pipelines to derive features
  • Formulating research hypotheses to derive alpha
  • Building and testing the performance of trading signals based on NLP and financial features
  • Launching identified signals into production
  • We believe the recent significant advances in NLP methods show promise for finance. We develop and launch end-to-end signals, from data processing to performance testing.

Finance
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
2014
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking.