Role:
We are looking for an exceptional student to join one of our teams as a quantitative research intern. The intern will work closely with the team, receive comprehensive training, and help develop novel signals that may have a real impact.
Responsibilities:
You will gain exposure to a variety of activities, which may include:
- Assisting with data collection, preliminary analysis of large data sets, and extraction of useful features for predictive models.
- Adapting and extending existing statistical forecasting techniques and machine learning algorithms to different asset classes applied to equity and macro strategies.
- Developing new signals and evaluate their performance characteristics.
- Providing research assistance to the team.
- Helping to improve the team's research infrastructure.
Desirable Candidates:
- Masters or PhD candidates in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, engineering or other quantitative discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research over large, possibly noisy datasets.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, and detail-oriented mindset.
- Proficient in Python and quantitative analysis, ideally with a machine learning background.
- Experience dealing with database languages like SQL.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Strong desire to deliver high quality results in a timely fashion.
- Prior experience in the financial services industry is not required.
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards.
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What We Do
Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here.