Quantitative Developer

About the role

Quantitative Developer in Point72’s Internal Alpha Capture team, building scalable equity trading signals and supporting automated trading applications. The role combines production Python development, data infrastructure, real-time analytics, and collaboration with quantitative researchers. Candidates should have a quantitative degree, strong coding skills, and familiarity with Docker, Unix, and shell scripting.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated equities trading applications and real-time analytics.
• Optimize data ETL pipelines, persistent and in-memory caches, and SQL databases.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers developing quantitative trading signals.
• Improve infrastructure supporting signal research and trading tools.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or higher degree in computer science, machine learning, or another quantitative discipline.
• Strong Python programming experience with production-level coding quality.
• Willingness to take ownership while working independently and within a small team.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, particularly Docker.
• Experience with Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Knowledge of profiling tools, code optimization, statistics, or machine learning.
• Prior experience in the financial services industry.