Point72 / Cubist
NLP Researcher
New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2025
- Location
- New York
New York, New York, United States - Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science or another quantitative discipline.
About the job
Develops and launches NLP-based trading signals, from processing varied datasets and formulating research hypotheses to testing signal performance and production deployment.
What you'll do
- Use NLP to construct features from varied datasets and formulate research hypotheses to derive alpha.
- Build and test trading signals based on NLP and financial features.
- Launch identified signals into production.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science or another quantitative discipline.
- Proficiency in Python and general software engineering principles, including GitHub, testing and development workflow.
- Strong understanding of machine learning and statistics.
- Interest in financial markets.
Nice to have
- Prior research experience.
- Experience with deep learning, especially NLP; familiarity with a data science stack.
Tools
Python, github, PyTorch, HuggingFace, LLMs
AI focus
Apply NLP and deep learning to varied datasets to construct features and develop, test, and launch trading signals.
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