Quantitative Strategist, Macro Technology

New York , United States

AI overview

Enhance interest rate curve construction and develop robust analytics tools that directly impact multi-billion-dollar trading strategies.

A Career with Point72’s Technology Team

As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.

 

As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.

 

What you’ll do

  • Enhance and extend interest rate curve construction and bootstrapping methodologies for swaps and cash instruments across Developed and Emerging Markets.
  • Advance linear FX analytics, including consistent treatment of FX OIS discounting, basis, and turn adjustments.
  • Deliver robust, scalable analytics combining real-time pricing, historical valuation, and scenario-based research.
  • Design and build pre-trade pricing and analytics tools for investment professionals, covering linear Rates and FX products.
  • Develop scenario analysis frameworks enabling investment professionals to define market and curve shocks and assess pricing, risk, and PnL impacts.
  • Develop relative value, carry, roll-down, and cross-market analytics for linear Rates and FX strategies.
  • Define and maintain robust market data handling, validation, and historical consistency for Rates and FX analytics.
  • Work closely with investment professionals to translate trading ideas and relative-value views into quantitative analytics and tooling.
  • Contribute to the firm’s core analytics libraries and data architecture, with a focus on robustness, performance, and extensibility across asset classes.

 

What’s required

  • Post-graduate degree in a quantitative discipline from a top-tier university.
  • 12–15 years of experience in Rates and FX quantitative analytics and development at a top-tier investment bank or hedge fund.
  • Deep expertise in interest rate curve construction, including risk-free and term rates, multi-curve frameworks, and optimization-based curve bundle construction.
  • Strong understanding of collateralized products, discounting frameworks, and curve modeling under CSA/OIS conventions.
  • Experience across linear Rates, cash and derivative securities, and FX products.
  • Proven track record in building pre-trade analytics, pricing tools, and research platforms for investment professionals.
  • Proven experience in bond futures modeling, including embedded optionality, and hands-on work in bond relative value analysis and trading analytics
  • Solid understanding of backtesting frameworks, historical analysis, and scenario-based research methodologies.
  • Advanced programming skills in Python and C++, with experience developing production-quality analytics libraries.
  • Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to work closely with business stakeholders 
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

 

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Non-profit matching gift program
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBT+ community
  • Tuition assistance
  • A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

 

About Point72

Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here

 

The annual base salary range for this role is $300,000-$350,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Fully-paid health care benefits
  • 401(k) with employer match: A 401(k) savings program with an employer match
  • Paid Parental Leave: Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Wellness Stipend: Mental and physical wellness programs

Point72 Asset Management, led by Steven Cohen, is a global firm specializing in diverse asset classes and strategies, prioritizing superior returns and ethical standards through innovative talent development and data-driven decision-making.

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