Cubist Data Scientist
Company: Point72
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
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 skills in Python
and SQL Experience working with AWS, Linux and Airflow preferred
but not required Financial industry experience preferred but not
required Strong organization, communication and interpersonal
skills Attention to detail and a love of processes Strong oral and
written communication skills Ability to exercise sound judgment in
assessing and determining how to handle queries, calls and issues
Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments Commitment to the
highest ethical standards
Keywords: Point72, Irvington , Cubist Data Scientist, IT / Software / Systems , New York City, New Jersey
