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Macro Quantitative Researcher

An experienced research role in a quantitative portfolio management team at Point72, building out a systematic macro business. The focus is on signals at intraday to multi-week horizons across futures and FX.

What you’d work on

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Develop systematic signals for global futures and FX markets
Work with price, volume and alternative data at intraday to a few weeks' horizon
Backtest, implement and monitor models in production
Improve portfolio optimisation, allocation and risk management processes
Evaluate new datasets for alpha

What they ask for

Required

MS or PhD in a quantitative field with a strong statistics foundation
4+ years of signal research or portfolio management in futures or FX
Signal combination, portfolio optimisation and risk management experience
Python, R or C/C++
scikit-learn and pandas

Education: MS or PhD in physics, engineering, statistics, applied maths, quantitative finance or similar
Experience: 4+ years of signal research or portfolio management in futures and/or FX at a proprietary trading team with a track record
Languages and tools: Python
R
C/C++
Markets: futures, fx, fixed-income, commodities, equities

How to prepare

Build a multi-asset futures signal and combine it with others, studying how correlations affect results
Learn portfolio optimisation under constraints and transaction costs
Study term-structure, carry and trend effects in futures and FX
Practise risk targeting and drawdown analysis

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