Point72 is seeking a Quantitative Developer to join its Portfolio Construction and Analysis (PCA) team within the CIO office to build, refine, and maintain an efficient technology infrastructure to enable and support the team’s quantitative research and analytical efforts.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL
- Solid background in math/statistics/finance and familiarity with quantitative research methodologies and machine learning algorithms
- Understanding of and experience with the data ingestion process
- Ability to contribute to the analytics, quant research, and development process
- Understanding of portfolio construction is a plus
- Knowledge of equities is a plus
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, refine, and increase automation and robustness of the research infrastructure, including data access, risk modeling, and backtesting components
- Collaborate with quant researchers to implement framework for automating and presenting analytics, reports, and monitors
- Collaborate with firm-wide technology teams to deliver analytics and tools to users across the firm
Other
- 3+ years of professional experience developing infrastructure to support an investment team
- High-energy personality and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- High degree of drive – must be a self-starter
- Ability to recognize and seize opportunities
- Depth of skills enabling him/her to perform ad hoc projects and tasks with fast turnover
