NLP Quant Research Intern - Trading Signals

Point72; New York (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global alternative investment firm is seeking a quant research intern to join an NLP quant team. This role involves using NLP to construct features, formulating research hypotheses, and building trading signals based on financial data. Ideal candidates should have strong skills in machine learning, data science, and software engineering, along with an interest in finance. Exposure to deep learning and working knowledge of Python and NLP tools is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong machine learning and software engineering skills.
• Experience with modern NLP.
• Interest in financial markets.

Responsibilities

• Using NLP to construct features from varied datasets.
• Formulating research hypotheses to derive alpha.
• Building and testing the performance of trading signals based on NLP and financial features.
• Launching identified signals into production.

Skills

Machine learning

Data science

Software engineering

NLP

Python

Education

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in computer science or quantitative discipline

Tools

PyTorch

HuggingFace

Job description

A leading global alternative investment firm is seeking a quant research intern to join an NLP quant team. This role involves using NLP to construct features, formulating research hypotheses, and building trading signals based on financial data. Ideal candidates should have strong skills in machine learning, data science, and software engineering, along with an interest in finance. Exposure to deep learning and working knowledge of Python and NLP tools is preferred.