# Cubist Data Scientist

[Point72](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/point72.md) · Singapore · [Hedge Fund & Quant](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/hedge-fund-quant.md)

Point72 is hiring a Cubist Data Scientist in Singapore. Posted 2025-03-23; applications close 2025-05-22.

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/point72/jobs/7045995002

Posted 1y ago.

## Role details

## Description

We are passionate about data. We collaborate to build elegant, effective, scalable, and highly reliable solutions to empower predictive modeling in finance.

Cubist’s data services group is seeking a Data Scientist to join our dedicated 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.

This exceptional individual will be part of a small team of Data Scientists who 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

  
- Identify new data sets
  
- Engage with vendors to understand dataset characteristics
  
- Build processes and technology tools to ingest, tag, and clean datasets
  
- Analyze datasets to generate descriptive statistics and propose potential applications
  
- Research potential “alpha signals” for presentation to Portfolio Managers
  
- Monitor and enhance the automated data collection and cleansing infrastructure
  
- Research new technologies for improved data management and efficient retrieval

## Requirements

  
- Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another discipline involving rigorous quantitative analysis techniques
  
- At least 1 year of experience as a Data Scientist, quantitative researcher, or similar role
  
- Experience working with large data sets, including classification, regression, distribution analysis, and predictive modeling
  
- Experience applying statistical tests to large data sets
  
- Programming skills in SQL, TSQL, SQL Server, or PL-SQL
  
- Programming skills in Python and at least one of C#, C++, or Java
  
- Financial industry experience preferred but not required
  
- Experience with intraday, tick, and order book data is a plus
  
- Strong problem-solving skills
  
- Intellectual curiosity and a love of learning
  
- Attention to detail and a passion for process
  
- Strong oral and written communication skills

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Updated: 2026-04-23
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