ROLE/RESPONSIBILTIES: We are seeking a NLP engineer for a NLP research team within Point72. The ideal candidate has a track record of developing modern NLP solutions, including the use of LLMs, agents, RAG, open-source models fine-tuning and deployment, etc. Responsibilities include: Exploring and combining rich internal and external textual datasets Building GenAI solutions, leveraging both internal models and external APIs Formulating research hypothesis to derive alpha Post-training models for specific tasks Benchmarking LLM approaches internal tasks We believe the investment world offers unique opportunities to use modern NLP methods. We are a team ideally situated for that, having access to both internal and commercial datasets, with an end-to-end research philosophy and direct portfolio impact. REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor, Master’s or PhD graduate or candidate in computer science or another quantitative discipline Experience in NLP, particularly LLMs. Proficient in Python, SQL and general software engineering principles (github, testing, etc.) Data science stack familiarity Interest in financial markets Collaborative mindset ABOUT POINT72: Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth.
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Role/Responsibilities: We are seeking a quantitative researcher to join an NLP quant team within Point72. We believe the significant advances in NLP methods show promise for finance. We develop and launch end-to-end signals, from data processing to performance testing. The ideal candidate will have strong machine learning, data science and software engineering skills, some experience with modern NLP, and a curiosity about finance and trading. Responsibilities may include: Using NLP to construct features from varied datasets Formulating research hypotheses to derive alpha Building and testing the performance of trading signals based on NLP and financial features Launching identified signals into production Requirements: Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science or other quantitative discipline Proficient in Python and general software engineering principles (github, testing,
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Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen that deploys fundamental equities, systematic, macro, private credit, and venture capital strategies.
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