Point72 / Cubist
Quantitative Research Intern (NLP)
New York +1 · Internship · Posted May 31, 2025
- Location
- New York
New York, New York, United States - Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD candidate in computer science or other quantitative discipline
About the job
Conduct NLP quant research to develop, test, and launch trading signals using diverse datasets and financial features.
What you'll do
- Use NLP to construct features from varied datasets and formulate research hypotheses to derive alpha.
- Build and test the performance of trading signals based on NLP and financial features.
- Launch identified signals into production.
What they ask for
- Candidate for a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science or another quantitative discipline.
- Proficiency in Python and general software engineering principles.
- Strong understanding of machine learning and statistics.
- Interest in financial markets.
Nice to have
- Prior research experience.
- Experience with deep learning, specifically NLP.
Tools
Python, github, PyTorch, HuggingFace, LLMs
AI focus
Apply NLP and machine learning to build features and trading signals, including research, performance testing, and production launch.
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