Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC, has an opening for a Research Analyst in New York, New York. This position is hybrid; up to one day per week, as permitted.

Conduct and manage quantitative finance alpha research from diverse data sources to provide accurate stock return forecasts. Build and implement profitable quantitative equity investment models. Assist with generating trading strategies. Conduct research on and analyze large data sets. Gather investment thesis and author quantitative research reports and present research results to management and other team members. Collaborate with other members of the team (including developers and other researchers) in the full life-cycle R&D process from idea generation, data preparation, model building, implementation and production deployment. Play significant role in the design, building and maintenance of the team’s research and trading infrastructure and systems. 

Must possess at least a master’s degree or its equivalent in Computational Finance, Financial Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Physics or a related STEM field and at least six months of internship experience as a Research Analyst, Quant Developer or Data Scientist or a related role. Must also possess the following: at least six months of internship experience programming/utilizing Python, C++, Java, and SQL; at least six months of internship experience conducting independent research utilizing large data sets or working with large databases; at least three months of internship experience working with financial and alternative data supporting a systematic investing business; and demonstrable experience developing trading strategies for instruments.

Approximately 40 hours per week; the salary range for this position is $160,000 to $300,000 per year 

Any person who is interested in this position may apply to the following for consideration:

Send your resume to svcRecruiting@Point72.comand reference Job Code C042026T.