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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 55 days Point72 's roles stay open a median of 55 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 26% of Point72 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Point72
- high 191 stale, 0 reposted of 228 open
- Hiring momentum
- 281 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-27
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Point72 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Point72 .
About this role
The NLP Researcher role at Point72 involves working within a quantitative research team to leverage natural language processing (NLP) for financial applications. Daily tasks include constructing features from diverse datasets, formulating research hypotheses, building and testing trading signals, and launching these signals into production. The position requires strong machine learning and software engineering skills, along with a curiosity about finance.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Point72 as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science or other quantitative discipline
- Proficient in Python and general software engineering principles (github, testing, dev workflow)
- Strong understanding of machine learning and statistics
- Great attitude
- A collaborative mindset
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards
Nice to have
- Prior research experience
- Experience with deep learning, specifically NLP (PyTorch, HuggingFace, LLMs, etc.)
- Data science stack familiarity
- An interest in financial markets
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on NLP applications in finance may require specific domain knowledge
- Prior research experience is preferred but not mandatory
Summarised from Point72 's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Point72 on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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