Cubist Quantitative Researcher

About Cubist: Cubist Systematic Strategies, an affiliate of Point72, deploys systematic, computer-driven trading strategies across multiple liquid asset classes, including equities, futures and foreign exchange. The core of our effort is rigorous research into a wide range of market anomalies, fueled by our unparalleled access to a wide range of publicly available data sources. Role: Cubist is looking for a support engineer/quantitative developer who will work on a growing L2/L3 support team for quantitative trading systems, high‑frequency trading infrastructure, real time analytics, and research infrastructure. This role will require close collaboration with multiple teams at Cubist, including multiple Portfolio Manager (PM) teams, Central Research Technology, and Execution Services. The role offers career growth through the opportunity to work on the development of the underlying systems. Role/Responsibilities: Troubleshooting/resolution of quantitative trading systems and other live analytics processes System monitoring, including development of better processes and tools New feature development in Python/C++ Configuration and change management Onboarding assistance Requirements: 2+ years of professional support and/or software engineering experience Experience with trading systems support (co-located low-latency systems a strong plus) Fluency with C++, Python and SQL Familiarity with software delivery lifecycle and production deployment Cloud experience is a strong plus Team player and strong communicator

Role/Responsibilities: The Cubist Business Management team manages all aspects of onboarding new systematic trading teams as well as deployment of new trading strategies. The team also represents PMs with external counterparties and is responsible for rate negotiations, quant research vendor relationship management, and trading relationship management. General responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Complete project lifecycle management launching new PM Teams into production Educate PM teams on Point72 operating procedures and technology integration Lead new strategy rollout projects internally with Technology, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Risk groups, and externally with brokers, exchanges, and vendors Provide day-to-day support for various operational procedures such as broker data management, compliance monitoring, trading, and business continuity The person in this role must have a technical background as well as good communication skills and a willingness to learn day-to-day trading and finance operations. The candidate should have a good understanding of global market structure and electronic trading systems and have familiarity with trading rules and regulations or demonstrate an aptitude to learn. Familiarity with research and market data sources is a strong plus but not a requirement. Job Requirements: This is a highly selective position. The ideal candidates will have a combination of software development and communication skills with some experience working in a financial services organization. A BS in finance, statistics, math, and engineering or computer science is strongly preferred. 2 years of relevant work experience is a plus. Must have strong interpersonal skills, excellent time management skills, and a team attitude. Working experience in Python and SQL. We support systematic trading of global equities, futures, and foreign exchange, bonds, rates, credit and options. Candidates with specific work experience and knowledge of market