Cubist Senior 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 Senior
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 Building processes, tools and
frameworks to ingest, clean and deliver datasets Analysis of data
for usability, cleanliness, feature extraction and proposed usage
by investment teams Creation of in-house, value added, derived data
products for consumption by investment teams Engaging with vendors
and internal stakeholders to understand characteristics of datasets
Partnering closely with investment teams to ensure their data
requirements are met Research on new technologies (including AI
solutions) to continuously improve data management and value-add
for investment teams REQUIREMENTS PhD or 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 5 years of experience as a Data
Scientist or similar role Experience working with large data sets
including predictive modeling Financial industry experience
preferred but not required Strong organization, communication and
interpersonal skills Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for
learning Attention to detail and a love of processes Strong oral
and written communication skills Ability to multitask and
prioritize assignments Commitment to the highest ethical
standards
Keywords: Point72, Stamford , Cubist Senior Data Scientist, IT / Software / Systems , New York City, Connecticut
