Quantitative Researcher - Discretionary Oil

Squarepoint Capital·Houston·Posted 17 September 2026

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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…

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