# Cubist Data Scientist - Company: [Point72]() - Location: New York - Team: Quant Management - Posted: December 15, 2023 ## 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 ## Apply [Apply on Point72]() Canonical job page: