NLP Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Machine Learning Engineering role at Point72. New York · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $166,050–$230,000.
Point72 has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Combine internal and outside text datasets to support NLP research
- Build generative AI tools using internal models and external APIs
- Develop research hypotheses aimed at finding investment signals
- Adapt models after initial training for specific tasks and compare LLM methods on internal work
What you bring
- A degree or current candidacy in computer science or another quantitative discipline
- NLP experience, especially with large language models
- Python and SQL proficiency, plus software engineering practice such as GitHub use and testing
Who this fits
This role suits someone interested in financial markets who works well with others. You’ll join an NLP research team and contribute to work with direct portfolio impact.
From the employer
ROLE/RESPONSIBILTIES:
We are seeking a NLP engineer for a NLP research team within Point72. The ideal candidate has a track record of developing modern NLP solutions, including the use of LLMs, agents, RAG, open-source models fine-tuning and deployment, etc.
Responsibilities include:
- Exploring and combining rich internal and external textual datasets
- Building GenAI solutions, leveraging both internal models and external APIs
- Formulating research hypothesis to derive alpha
- Post-training models for specific tasks
- Benchmarking LLM approaches internal tasks
We believe the investment world offers unique opportunities to use modern NLP methods. We are a team ideally situated for that, having access to both internal and commercial datasets, with an end-to-end research philosophy and direct portfolio impact.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor, Master’s or PhD graduate or candidate in computer science or another quantitative discipline
- Experience in NLP, particularly LLMs.
- Proficient in Python, SQL and general software engineering principles (github, testing, etc.)
- Data science stack familiarity
- Interest in financial markets
- Collaborative mindset
ABOUT POINT72:
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth.