Cubist Quantitative Researcher in New York

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. JOB DESCRIPTION Researchers are responsible for independently conducting quantitative finance research with a focus on statistical and predictive models. Successful researchers manage all aspects of the research process including methodology selection, data collection and analysis, testing, prototyping, backtesting, and performance monitoring. Some successful researchers have joined us from similar backgrounds at other firms. Others have joined from related fields or directly from academia and have thrived with hands on guidance from our large team of experienced portfolio managers and researchers. Our most exceptional team members combine strong technical skills and a passion for problem solving with an intense curiosity about financial markets and human behavior. DESIRABLE CANDIDATES MS or PhD candidates in finance, computer science, mathematics, physics, or other quantitative discipline 3-7 years of experience in alpha driven quantitative research for equities, futures, fixed income, credit, and/or FX Strong analytical and quantitative skills Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research utili

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/Responsibilities: We are seeking a quantitative researcher for the Cubist Machine Learning Research group with experience in machine learning, especially recent deep learning and natural language processing technology. Researchers will use a rigorous scientific method to develop sophisticated trading models and shape our insights into how the markets will behave. Successful researchers manage all aspects of the research process including data ingestion and processing, data analysis, methodology selection, implementation and testing, prototyping, and performance evaluation. Researchers will be introduced to industry standard datasets, including understanding which data may be relevant to a certain model or financial problem; how to collect, parse, and clean the data; how to incorporate the data into innovative functional models; how to construct and develop features from raw data; and how to estimate effectiveness of such features. Researchers will also be provided with the opportunity to implement the full breadth of their knowledge and training to actively participate in all stages of resear

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 Quantitative researcher to help build out a systematic macro (futures, FX, and vol) strategies. Core focus will be working on mid-frequency alpha strategies. Job Description Develop systematic trading models across FX, commodities, fixed income, and equity markets Alpha idea generation, backtesting, and implementation Assist in building, maintenance, and continual improvement of production and trading environments Evaluate new datasets for alpha potential Improve existing strategies and portfolio optimization Execution monitoring Be a core contributor to growing the investment process and research infrastructure of the team Desirable Candidates Masters or PhD in mathematics, statistics, physics or other quantitative discipline. PhD in statistics or machine learning is a plus Experience in quantitative trading, ideally in FX or futures Experience with alpha research, portfolio construction and optimization Experience building statistical/technical, fundamental, and data driven signals Experience synthesizing predictive signals for both cross-sectional and time-series models Strong experience

Please send CVs to [email protected] with “202 7 QR Summer Internship Application” in the subject line. When your application is received, we will consider you for all similar positions at Cubist. About Our Firm: 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. About Our Team: KEPL is a fast-growing team at Cubist Systematic Strategies. We specialize in trading medium-frequency statistical arbitrage strategies with high Sharpe. The team is made up of people from top universities and top tier trading and tech firms. We have an open and collaborative culture, and we value rigorous research and innovative technologies. Role / Experience: We are looking for exceptional students to be our quantitative researcher interns for the summer of 2027 . An ideal candidate should have a strong passion and initiative to work in a start-up environment. He/she should have strong analytical skills and be able to solve hard problems rigorously. Our typical intern candidates come from quantitative PhD programs of top US universities. Our internship program offers unique KEPL experience. During the internship, our interns will receive rigorous and comprehensive trainings

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 Dynamically managing portfolio risk by evaluating historical and real-time strategy performance. Overseeing automated trade execution and monitoring transaction costs. Supervising a small team of researchers and developers on a daily basis. Designing, researching, and managing sophisticated investment strategies by creating and engineering advance quantitative financial computer modeling systems to aid in analysis and research. Performing research to acquire historical and production data sources needed to build investment models. Designing and developing quantitative mathematical algorithms to link the diverse data sets from various providers. Engineering investment models that will make the buy and sell recommendations for the portfolios using advanced quantitative mathematic statistics and investment theory to design and program strategies that explicitly forecast risk, return, and trading costs. Using quantitative models to value securities. Conducting ongoing, cutting-edge quantitative research and analysis to enhance existing strategies and to expand into new markets. Developing aspects of su

Please send CVs to [email protected] with “202 7 KEPL Application” in the subject line. 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. About Our Team: KEPL is a fast-growing team at Cubist Systematic Strategies. We specialize in trading medium-frequency statistical arbitrage strategies with high Sharpe. The team is made up of people from top universities and top tier trading and tech firms. We have an open and collaborative culture, and we value rigorous research and innovative technologies. We are actively expanding into new markets and assets classes. Role: We are looking for full-time quantitative research analysts and software developers to join our fast-growing team and contribute to multiple new initiatives that aim to expand our business. The candidate should have a passion for innovation to solve research and trading problems. In this team, the candidate will gain full-stack exposure and build expertise in multiple aspects of quantitative research and trading. The candidate will play an essential role for the team’s successful expansion. The candidate will also collaborate with other team members to innovate our researc

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. RESPONSIBILITIES: Building components for both live trading and simulation Refining and increasing automation and robustness of the research infrastructure including alpha estimation, risk modeling, and backtesting components Building tools for signal blending, simulation, portfolio construction, the research framework, and dashboards Maintaining and updating the platform, ensuring its stability, robustness, and security Developing robust data checking and storage procedures Troubleshooting and resolving any systems related issues and handle the release of code fixes and enhancements REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or other STEM discipline Advanced proficiency in Python and its ecosystem (numpy, pandas, polars, scikit-learn), with an understanding of Python and library internals Experience contributing to core Python numerical libraries is a huge plus (numpy, tensorflow, torch, jax) Proficiency with Linux Hands-on experience with software architecture and engineering best practices (testing, CI/CD, monitoring, profiling, version control) Strong quantitative and analytical

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. About our Team: KEPL is a fast-growing team at Cubist Systematic Strategies. We are specialized in medium-frequency statistical arbitrage strategies with high Sharpe. The team is made up of people from top universities and top tier trading and tech firms, including: D.E. Shaw, Two Sigma, Citadel, Meta, Google, etc. We have an open and collaborative culture, and we value rigorous research and innovative technologies. Please send CVs to [email protected] with “2026 KEPL QD Application” in the subject line. Role: We are looking for a quantitative software developer to join our team and contribute to multiple initiatives that aim to expand our business. The candidate should be passionate about financial market, data and technology. In this team, the candidate will gain full-stack exposure and build expertise in multiple aspects of quantitative trading. Responsibilities: Improve data ETL pipeline and build tools to analyze new data efficiently. Build technologies to bolster research & trading efficiency. Expand to new markets and asset classes. Manage day-to-day operations in

ROLE We are passionate about data. We collaborate to build elegant, effective, scalable and highly reliable solutions to empower predictive modelling in finance. Cubist’s Data Services (CDS) group is looking for a Data Scientist to join our dedicated data team. Our group is responsible for the timely delivery of comprehensive and error-free data to some of the most demanding and successful systematic Portfolio Managers in the world. As a Senior Data Scientist in the team, this individual will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day implementation of a large research infrastructure, and the live production trading of billions of dollars of capital across global capital markets, including equities, futures, options and other financial instruments. RESPONSIBILITIES Onboarding novel datasets from a huge variety of sources into our platform Building processes, tools and frameworks to ingest, clean and deliver datasets Analysis of data for usability, cleanliness, feature extraction and proposed usage by investment teams Creation of in-house, value added, derived data products for consumption by investment teams Engaging with vendors and internal stakeholders to understand characteristics of datasets Partnering closely with investment teams to ensure their data requirements are met Research on new technologies (including AI solutions) to continuously improve data management and value-add for investment teams REQUIREMENTS PhD or

ROLE We are passionate about data. We collaborate to build elegant, effective, scalable and highly reliable solutions to empower predictive modelling in finance. Cubist’s Data Services (CDS) group is looking for a Data Scientist to join our dedicated data team. Our group is responsible for the timely delivery of comprehensive and error-free data to some of the most demanding and successful systematic Portfolio Managers in the world. As a Data Scientist in the team, this individual will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day implementation of a large research infrastructure, and the live production trading of billions of dollars of capital across global capital markets, including equities, futures, options and other financial instruments. RESPONSIBILITIES Onboarding novel datasets from a huge variety of sources into our platform Develop, test and deploy data pipelines, applications and services Re-shaping, aggregating, enhancing and creating features from datasets Engaging with vendors and internal stakeholders to understand characteristics of datasets Defining and automating qualitative data alerts and reports Partnering closely with investment teams to ensure their data requirements are met Perform preliminary analysis and research to be shared with investment teams REQUIREMENTS Masters in Financial Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science or other disciplines involving rigorous quantitative analysis Strong programming

About Cubist: Cubist Systematic Strategies is one of the world’s premier investment firms. The firm 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. About our Team: KEPL is a fast-growing team at Cubist Systematic Strategies. We are specialized in medium-frequency statistical arbitrage strategies with high Sharpe. The team is made up of people from top universities and top tier trading and tech firms, including: D.E. Shaw, Two Sigma, Citadel, Meta, Google, etc. We have an open and collaborative culture, and we value rigorous research and innovative technologies. Please send CVs to [email protected] with “2026 KEPL DE Application” in the subject line. Role: We are looking for a quantitative software developer to join our team and contribute to multiple initiatives that aim to expand our business. The candidate should be passionate about financial market, data and technology. In this team, the candidate will gain full-stack exposure and build expertise in multiple aspects of quantitative trading. Responsibilities: Improve data ETL pipeline and build tools to analyze new data efficiently. Build technologies to bolster research & trading efficiency. Expand to new markets and asset classes.