Quantitative Researcher - Discretionary Oil

Squarepoint Services US LLC seeks a Quantitative Researcher - Discretionary Oil for its Houston, Texas location.

 

Duties: Design, develop, and refine fundamental supply-and-demand models for global crude oil  markets, incorporating econometric techniques, statistical forecasting methods, and domain-specific variables such as production capacity, refinery utilization, inventory dynamics, trade flows, and geopolitical risk factors to generate actionable market outlooks for the trading desk. Architect and enhance proprietary quantitative analytics and data visualization tools using Python, SQL, and statistical libraries, enabling the desk to semi-systematically evaluate trade hypotheses, backtest market signals, and identify dislocations across derivatives oil complex.  Conduct rigorous, time-sensitive quantitative analyses of short-term market dislocations, including supply disruptions, regulatory shifts,  policy changes, and data releases, synthesizing structured and unstructured data sources to formulate probabilistic trade recommendations with defined risk-reward parameters.  Develop and implement semi-systematic data validation frameworks to assess the integrity, completeness, and timeliness of proprietary and third-party commodity market datasets, applying statistical anomaly detection methods to identify and remediate data quality issues. Oversee and optimize automated data ingest