AI Data Scientist

Point72; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Point72 is seeking an AI Data Scientist to join Cubist’s Data Services group in Hong Kong. You will build AI-powered data products, design and deploy end-to-end model pipelines, and collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to translate complex problems into scalable AI solutions.

You will evaluate third-party tools, deploy models in production, ensure reliability and governance, and contribute to responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science with AI/ML focus.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Strong publication record in top-tier ML conferences.
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist.
• Experience working with large datasets and predictive modeling.
• Financial industry experience preferred but not required.
• Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
• Attention to detail and a love of processes.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered data products using machine learning models, large language models, and modern AI tools.
• Design, train, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy in-house AI/ML models using proprietary and external datasets.
• Develop end-to-end model pipelines covering data preparation, feature engineering, training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Apply generative AI and LLM techniques to use cases such as summarization, classification, knowledge extraction, semantic search, and workflow automation.
• Work with product, engineering, and business teams to translate business problems into scalable AI solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party AI tools, APIs, open-source models, and internal models where appropriate.
• Build data pipelines and model workflows for structured and unstructured data.
• Define model performance metrics, run experiments, conduct error analysis, and continuously improve model quality.
• Support production deployment of AI models, ensuring reliability, scalability, governance, and responsible AI usage.

Skills

Python

SQL

Communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Education

PhD in Computer Science (AI/ML)

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LLMs

Job description

Role

We are passionate about data. We collaborate to build elegant, effective, scalable and highly reliable solutions to empower predictive modelling in finance. Cubist’s Data Services (CDS) group is looking for an AI Data Scientist to join our dedicated data 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.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered data products using machine learning models, large language models, and modern AI tools.


• Design, train, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy in-house AI/ML models using proprietary and external datasets.


• Develop end-to-end model pipelines covering data preparation, feature engineering, training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.


• Apply generative AI and LLM techniques to use cases such as summarization, classification, knowledge extraction, semantic search, and workflow automation.


• Work with product, engineering, and business teams to translate business problems into scalable AI solutions.


• Evaluate and integrate third-party AI tools, APIs, open-source models, and internal models where appropriate.


• Build data pipelines and model workflows for structured and unstructured data.


• Define model performance metrics, run experiments, conduct error analysis, and continuously improve model quality.


• Support production deployment of AI models, ensuring reliability, scalability, governance, and responsible AI usage.

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, with a specialization in AI or machine learning related domains


• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL


• Strong publication record in top tier machine learning conferences


• 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or similar role


• Experience working with large data sets including predictive modeling


• Financial industry experience preferred but not required


• Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills


• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning


• Attention to detail and a love of processes


• Strong oral and written communication skills


• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments


• Commitment to the highest ethical standards