# Cubist Senior 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 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 ## Apply [Apply on Point72]() Canonical job page: