NLP Engineer

Point72
New York CityPublished: 31 May 2025

ROLE/RESPONSIBILTIES:

We are seeking an NLP engineer to join a quant research team within Point72. The ideal candidate has a track record of developing modern NLP solutions, including the use of LLMs, agents, RAG, etc.

We believe the investment world offers unique opportunities to use modern NLP methods.

Responsibilities may include:

  • Exploring and combining rich internal and external textual datasets
  • Formulating research hypothesis to derive alpha
  • Building GenAI solutions, leveraging both internal models and external APIs

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science or another quantitative discipline
  • Experience in NLP, particularly LLMs
  • Proficient in Python, SQL and general software engineering principles (github, testing, etc.)
  • Data science stack familiarity
  • Interest in financial markets
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards

ABOUT POINT72:

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth.

About the company

Investment management

Point72 is an alternative investment firm with strategies including equities, systematic investing, macro, private credit and venture capital.

Risk and professional standards

Its values page emphasizes ethical standards and responsibility for investor capital. It describes compliance specialists working alongside business teams and a risk-management function using statistical and scenario analysis to monitor portfolios and guide limits.

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