Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC, has an opening for a Research Analyst in New York, New York. This position is hybrid; may work at home up to 1 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 or a related STEM field and at least three months of internship experience as a Research Analyst or in a related role in a financial services institution. Must also possess the following: at least 3 months of experience profiling and optimizing performance of high-throughput, low-latency financial systems; at least 3 months of experience architecting and prototyping scalable software for quantitative finance, including evaluating design alternatives and developing new software utilities; and at least 3 months of experience applying quantitative analysis on financial processes within the equity domain. 

Approximately 40 hours per week; the salary range for this position is from $160,000 - $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.com and reference Job Code M082026C.