A Career with Point72's AI/ML – Investment Services Team
The AI/ML – Investment Services team at Point72 spearheads the development of cutting-edge AI solutions that seek to transform our business processes and enhance enterprise intelligence. The team aims to bridge the gap between business challenges and technological innovation, collaborating with stakeholders across the firm and leveraging expertise in generative AI, data engineering, and machine learning.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design and build scalable, high-performance backend systems that power investment services and AI-driven applications, and own their end-to-end lifecycle
- Build and operate robust data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads to ingest, transform, validate, and deliver data to models and downstream consumers
- Integrate and productionize generative AI capabilities and large language model solutions, including model serving, embeddings, and API-based workflows to augment investment workflows
- Implement and maintain microservices and APIs that expose data and model functionality with a focus on reliability, low latency, and security
- Optimize system performance and resilience through monitoring, observability, capacity planning, and automated incident response
- Lead cross-functional delivery of prototypes into production by collaborating with data scientists, researchers, product owners, and operations teams
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment practices to accelerate safe delivery and rollback of services
- Mentor and coach engineers on backend and data engineering best practices, help grow engineering capability, and contribute to the technical roadmap
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and infrastructure partners to ensure data governance, access controls, and operational controls are integrated into solutions
WHAT'S REQUIRED
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on backend system engineering
- Experience building production data pipelines or data engineering solutions for batch and streaming data
- Demonstrated experience developing or integrating generative AI and large language model solutions, such as model serving, embedding pipelines, fine-tuning workflows, or production integration with model APIs
- Strong programming skills in one or more backend languages such as Java, Python, or Go, with demonstrated ability to design maintainable code and services
- Experience deploying and operating services on cloud platforms and container platforms using Docker and container orchestration technologies
- Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code for service deployments
- Strong data skills including SQL, data modeling, and experience with both relational and non-relational data stores
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Legal authorization to work in Poland and ability to work from our Warsaw office
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
- Sports card
- Private life insurance
- Private medical and dental care, with vision allowance
- Private pension scheme
- Volunteer opportunities
- Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
- Business travel accident insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Educational assistance reimbursement
ABOUT POINT72
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/.
Our Warsaw office gives us access to world-class talent with a reputation for excellence and innovation. We're looking to build an office of subject-matter experts whose fresh perspectives will help evolve our infrastructure and advance the capabilities of our teams. Learn more at https://point72.com/locations/warsaw-office
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or engineering
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering or related field
- Strong experience in Python development
- Experience with Spark or Scala
- Proficiency in building scalable, distributed data pipelines in a cloud environment
- Solid understanding of data architecture principles, data modeling, and data warehousing
- Ability to devise novel and innovative solutions to challenges
- Knowledge of/experience with graph databases is a plus
Point72 Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Point72 and has not been reviewed or approved by Point72.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as exceptional with comprehensive options and low out-of-pocket costs. Medical, dental, and vision are characterized as fully covered or no-premium for U.S. employees.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program features a generous employer match and access to after-tax contributions with in-plan Roth conversions. Value accrues through a multi-year vesting schedule that rewards tenure.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family leave is highlighted as generous and has strengthened over time. Clear primary and secondary caregiver policies are in place and seen as competitive.
Point72 Insights
What We Do
Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here.
