Role
The central crypto team at Cubist is looking for an experienced quantitative software developer to join our fast-growing team and contribute to multiple new initiatives that aim to expand our crypto business. The candidate should have a passion for technology and crypto. In this team, the candidate will gain full-stack exposure and build expertise across multiple aspects of crypto, quantitative research, and trading. The candidate will play an essential role in the team’s successful expansion.
Responsibilities
- Building a robust, scalable research infrastructure, including alpha estimation and risk modeling components
- Developing a seamless but modular platform to handle all aspects of quant trading
- Building high-performance/low-latency modular systems for live trading and simulation
- Developing robust data checking, transformation, and storage procedures
- Building visualization tools and monitors for market/trade/position/risk
- Maintenance and troubleshooting of trading systems
Requirements
- Undergraduate or higher degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other quantitative discipline
- 0-5 years of professional software and/or quantitative engineering experience in a collaborative environment
- Strong expertise in Crypto and DeFi
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Experience developing back-testing, simulation, and trading systems
- Detail-oriented
- Willing to take ownership of his/her work, working both independently and within a small team
Top Skills
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.
