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# Quantitative Researcher - Discretionary Oil at Squarepoint Capital

- **Company:** Squarepoint Capital
- **Location:** Houston, TX
- **Posted:** 2026-09-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-22
- **Apply:** https://www.squarepoint-capital.com/open-opportunities?id=8209423&gh_jid=8209423

## Job description

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 ingestion and transformation pipelines for fundamental market data, ensuring reliable integration of heterogeneous data sources into the desk's modeling and analytics infrastructure. Independently formulate and present proprietary trade ideas to senior traders and portfolio managers by synthesizing outputs from fundamental supply-demand models, applying advanced statistical reasoning and domain expertise in global oil markets to identify asymmetric risk-reward opportunities across the physical and derivatives crude oil complex.

Requirements: Must have a minimum of a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Financial Engineering and 1 year of experience as a Graduate Quantitative Researcher, Junior Fundamental Analyst, or related position for an investment/asset management organization.

Must have at least one (1) year of employment experience with each of the following required skills:  Modeling using Python; Supply and Demand Modeling for Cushing, Canada, and USGC Crude; Curating, analyzing, transforming, storing, and documenting unique data sets for the purposes of supply and demand construction; and applying Quantitative standards to research and documenting results

Salary / Rate Minimum/yr: $150,000

Salary / Rate Maximum/yr: $165.000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate.  It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available. 40 hrs/wk. Squarepoint is an EEO/AA employer.

## About Squarepoint Capital

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Squarepoint Capital is a leading global quantitative investment manager that uses a rigorous scientific approach and state-of-the-art technology to construct diversified, systematic strategies for institutional clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed external funding; spun out from Barclays in 2014)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2014 (as an independent firm; the underlying business, nQuant, dates back to 2000 within Lehman Brothers and later Barclays)
- **Founders**: Led by four founding partners (names not publicly disclosed); the original founders of nQuant continue to lead Squarepoint today.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services – Quantitative Investment Management
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (B2B)
- **Mission / Purpose**: “Achieving high quality returns for our clients” through a systematic, diversified, and research-driven investment platform.

## Products & Services
- **Quantitative Investment Strategies**: A diversified portfolio of systematic strategies spanning multiple asset classes (equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities), trading frequencies (high-frequency to long-term), and global markets. The majority of investments are based on rigorous backtesting on historical data.
- **Technology & Data Platform**: A custom, nimble, and forward-looking software stack that enables seamless integration between research and trading, executing millions of trades per day. Includes low-latency trading systems and a world-class data infrastructure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue is not publicly disclosed (LinkedIn estimates ~$12M, but this likely underrepresents a firm of this scale; the figure should be treated with caution). The firm is privately held and does not report earnings.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: No external investors; the firm is privately held by its founding partners. Alumni frequently move to top quant funds and tech companies (e.g., Millennium, Citadel, Qube Research & Technologies, Google, Jump Trading).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 33.9% year-over-year to approximately 1,801 employees (LinkedIn, 2025). The firm operates 17 offices across 8 countries and is actively hiring across technical, research, and finance roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep heritage**: The team’s quantitative roots trace back to 2000, with a proven track record through multiple market cycles.
- **Scientific rigor**: A disciplined, research-first approach that relies on backtesting and systematic execution rather than discretionary bets.
- **Scale and technology**: Executes millions of trades daily using a highly custom, low-latency platform developed in-house.
- **Global diversification**: Strategies span asset classes, geographies, and trading frequencies, reducing reliance on any single market or style.
- **Culture of ownership**: Privately held and led by its founding partners, fostering long-term thinking and accountability.

## Strategic Focus
- **Diversification**: Continuously expanding into new asset classes, trading frequencies, and geographies.
- **Technology investment**: Ongoing development of proprietary software and data infrastructure to maintain a competitive edge in research and execution.
- **Talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring quantitative researchers, software engineers (C++, Python), platform engineers, and operations specialists across global offices.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaboration across teams, a flat structure with a strong sense of ownership and accountability, and a focus on intellectual curiosity.
- **Work environment**: In-office for most roles (offices in New York, Boston, London, Paris, Singapore, Bangalore, etc.). Some roles offer a remote work program, but the majority require physical presence.
- **Benefits**: Generous parental leave, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(K) matching, disability and life insurance, paid sick days, generous PTO, paid volunteer time, free snacks and drinks. Offices are designed for in-person collaboration.
- **Engineering culture**: Technology is considered core to the business; engineers work closely with quantitative researchers to build and optimize trading systems. Emphasis on C++, Python, Kubernetes, and low-latency systems.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapid headcount growth and a global footprint offer opportunities for career advancement and international mobility.

## Sources
1. [squarepoint-capital.com](https://www.squarepoint-capital.com/)
2. [squarepoint-capital.com/about](https://squarepoint-capital.com/about)
3. [linkedin.com/company/squarepoint-capital](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/squarepoint-capital)
4. [builtin.com/company/squarepoint-capital](https://builtin.com/company/squarepoint-capital)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/squarepointcapital](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/squarepointcapital)

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