Quantitative Strategist, Macro Data Analytics
Company: Point72
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
A CAREER WITH POINT72’S TECHNOLOGY TEAM As Point72 reimagines
the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving
our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities,
positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology
landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to
discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud
architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI)
solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our
commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the
framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how
we build and operate our platforms and applications. As a member of
Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your
professional development from day one—helping you advance your
technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own
intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact
for our multi-billion-dollar global business. WHAT YOU’LL DO •
Design and develop pre-trade pricing and analytics tools for
investment professionals, supporting Rates and FX products. •
Implement real-time pricing engines and historical pricing
frameworks using market and trading data. • Develop analytics for
historical curve construction, curve evolution, and relative value
analysis. • Design, generate, and maintain large-scale derived
macro datasets for trading analytics, ensuring consistency,
performance, and reusability across workflows. • Build scenario
analysis frameworks allowing investment professionals to define
shocks and assess pricing and PnL impacts. • Integrate pricing,
scenario, and backtesting analytics into research and trading
workflows. • Develop scalable data pipelines for historical market
data ingestion, normalization, storage, and retrieval. •
Collaborate with investment professionals to translate trading
ideas into quantitative analytics and tooling. • Contribute to the
firm’s core analytics libraries and data architecture, with a focus
on robustness, performance, and extensibility across asset classes.
WHAT’S REQUIRED • Post-graduate degree in a quantitative discipline
from a top-tier university. • 12-15 years of experience in macro
quantitative analytics and development at a top-tier bank or fund.
• Strong expertise in linear Rates and FX products, including curve
construction, pricing, and relative value. • Proven experience
building pre-trade analytics, trading pricing tools and research
platforms. • Strong understanding of backtesting frameworks,
historical analysis, and scenario-based research. • Advanced
programming skills in Python and C++. • Solid data engineering and
analytics proficiency, including experience with large financial
datasets and time-series data. • Proven experience building and
persisting derived data at scale, including data modeling, storage,
and access patterns for quantitative research and production
analytics. • Hands-on experience with cloud-based data and
analytics platforms such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure. • Experience
designing and maintaining production-quality data pipelines and
analytics services. • Strong communication skills and a
demonstrated ability to work closely with investment professionals.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR
PEOPLE We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and
their well-being. When you work here, we provide: • Fully-paid
health care benefits • Generous parental and family leave policies
• Volunteer opportunities • Support for employee-led affinity
groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT community •
Mental and physical wellness programs • Tuition assistance • A
401(k) savings program with an employer match and more 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. For more
information, visit https://point72.com/ . The annual base salary
range for this role is $300,000-$350,000 (USD) , which does not
include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive
benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful
candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic
location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among
other things.
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