NLP Engineer

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New York Until 8/23/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted May 31, 2025 Last posted May 31, 2025
Job description

ROLE/RESPONSIBILTIES:

We are seeking an NLP engineer to join a quant research team within Point72. The ideal candidate has a track record of developing modern NLP solutions, including the use of LLMs, agents, RAG, etc.

We believe the investment world offers unique opportunities to use modern NLP methods.

Responsibilities may include:

  • Exploring and combining rich internal and external textual datasets
  • Formulating research hypothesis to derive alpha
  • Building GenAI solutions, leveraging both internal models and external APIs

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor, Master’s or PhD degree 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
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards

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.

About this role

Summary

Develop NLP solutions and explore textual datasets for investment research.

Job title

NLP Engineer

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

finance

Location requirements

Located in New York, remote work not mentioned

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

bachelormaster’sphdnlpllmspythonsqlsoftware engineeringdata sciencecollaborative mindset

Preferred skills

interest in financial marketscommitment to ethical standards

Specializations

nlpllmsdata sciencefinancial markets
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

New York, NY, USA

On-site City