2026 Cubist Quant Academy – Developers

Quant Blueprint LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Quant Blueprint LLC seeks an experienced professional to manage portfolio risk by evaluating strategy performance and overseeing automated trade execution. You will supervise a small team and design advanced quantitative financial models.

Ideal candidates should possess a Master’s or Ph.D. in a relevant field and have over 10 years’ experience with quantitative models for equities, futures, and FX. Strong analytical and innovative skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a computational or analytical field required.
• 10+ years of experience in quantitative models for financial markets.
• Experience with research process: methodology, data collection, and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage portfolio risk by evaluating historical and real-time performance.
• Oversee automated trade execution and monitor costs.
• Supervise a team of researchers and developers.

Skills

Quantitative modeling

Data analysis

Portfolio risk management

Statistical modeling

Algorithm development

Education

Master’s or Ph.D. in computational or analytical field

Job description

About Cubist

Cubist Systematic Strategies, an affiliate of Point72, deploys systematic, computer-driven trading strategies across multiple liquid asset classes, including equities, futures and foreign exchange. The core of our effort is rigorous research into a wide range of market anomalies, fueled by our unparalleled access to a wide range of publicly available data sources.

Role

• Dynamically managing portfolio risk by evaluating historical and real-time strategy performance.
• Overseeing automated trade execution and monitoring transaction costs.
• Supervising a small team of researchers and developers on a daily basis.
• Designing, researching, and managing sophisticated investment strategies by creating and engineering advanced quantitative financial computer modeling systems to aid in analysis and research.
• Performing research to acquire historical and production data sources needed to build investment models.
• Designing and developing quantitative mathematical algorithms to link diverse data sets from various providers.
• Engineering investment models that will make buy and sell recommendations for the portfolios using advanced quantitative mathematics, statistics, and investment theory to forecast risk, return, and trading costs.
• Using quantitative models to value securities.
• Conducting ongoing, cutting-edge quantitative research and analysis to enhance existing strategies and to expand into new markets.
• Developing aspects of successful statistical models, focusing on forecasting and optimization.
• Expanding trading universe and volume, and expanding to other exchanges and products.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in a computational or analytical field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience developing, researching or implementing quantitative models for equities, futures and/or FX.
• Hands‑on experience with all aspects of the research process, including methodology, data collection and analysis, testing, prototyping, backtesting, and performance monitoring.
• Innovative, intellectually driven, with an intense curiosity about financial markets and human behavior.