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A Career with Point72’s Technology Team

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As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology group is constantly improving our company’s IT infrastructure, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts experimenting, discovering new ways to harness the power of open source solutions, and embracing enterprise agile methodology. We encourage professional development to ensure you bring innovative ideas to our products while satisfying your own intellectual curiosity.

Point72 is seeking an experienced and visionary leader to head the Systematic Trading Infrastructure team. This individual will be responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and management of the technology infrastructure that supports high-frequency trading (HFT) and systematic strategies across global markets. The role emphasizes leadership, team management, and strategic planning to ensure the infrastructure aligns with the firm’s business objectives and remains at the forefront of technological innovation.

What you’ll do

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• Build, lead, and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
• Define team goals and priorities, ensuring alignment with the firm’s systematic trading strategy and broader business objectives.
• Provide clear direction, guidance, and support to team members, enabling them to excel in their roles and grow professionally.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration with trading teams, quantitative researchers, and application developers to ensure infrastructure solutions meet business needs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations on infrastructure strategy and investments.
• Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for systematic trading infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and low-latency performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage.
• Oversee infrastructure operations across colocation sites globally, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.
• Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts to ensure access to cutting-edge hardware and software solutions.
• Provide high-level oversight of Linux systems, network platforms, and storage solutions, ensuring they are optimized for low-latency trading.
• Ensure infrastructure at colocation sites is designed and maintained to meet the unique demands of high-frequency trading.
• Drive automation initiatives to improve efficiency and scalability across infrastructure operations.
• Implement robust monitoring and troubleshooting processes to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Partner with Compliance to ensure infrastructure complies with regulatory requirements and internal policies related to data security, reliability, and operational risk.
• Develop and enforce best practices for infrastructure management, including disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

What’s required

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• 10+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or runtime environments, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Demonstrated success in managing large-scale, distributed runtime platforms in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare).[KN1]
• Deep expertise in container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Nomad, OpenShift) and runtime environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture, microservices, and serverless platforms.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) for runtime platforms.
• Proven ability to optimize runtime environments for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

We take care of our people

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We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBTQ+ community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

About Point72

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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. For more information, visit https://point72.com/.

The annual base salary range for this role is $275,000-$350,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

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