Quant jobs / Point72

Trader – Systematic Equities and Macro

A trading role in an established quantitative portfolio management team at Point72. You would oversee European-hours execution of systematic equity and macro strategies.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Oversee systematic equity and macro trading during European hours
Execute rates trades in global OTC markets
Negotiate with liquidity partners to get best execution
Run post-trade transaction cost analysis and find improvements
Monitor internally built algorithms for trading issues

What they ask for

Required

2+ years in algorithmic trading
Exposure to systematic macro
SQL and Python
Vendor platforms such as Tradeweb and Bloomberg
Operational risk awareness
Strong quantitative skills

Education: Undergraduate or higher degree in computer science, statistics, applied maths, engineering or similar.
Experience: 2+ years in algorithmic trading with systematic macro exposure.
Languages and tools: Python
SQL
Markets: equities, fixed-income, futures, fx

How to prepare

Learn execution cost analysis: slippage, implementation shortfall, benchmarks
Study how OTC rates and FX execution works
Write Python and SQL to analyse trade logs
Understand how systematic portfolios produce orders

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Point72 and doesn’t handle applications.