Observability Engineer
A Career with point72’s Technology team
As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.
As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.
What you’ll do
- Architect, build, and run central observability platforms for the firm.
- Develop telemetry collection, processing, enrichment, and routing pipelines for logs, metrics, traces, and events.
- Implement and maintain open-source telemetry instrumentation standards and deployment patterns.
- Build scalable ingestion and storage architectures using cloud native technologies.
- Optimize telemetry cost, performance, retention, and reliability.
- Participate in incident investigations and drive root-cause analysis for observability platform issues.
- Develop dashboards, reporting capabilities, and service level monitoring frameworks.
What’s REQUIRED
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a closely related field.
- 4 years of experience as a software engineer.
- Proficiency in Python or Rust.
- Working knowledge of GitHub or other CI/CD platforms.
- Experience deploying observability solutions to Linux and virtualized environments.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Comfort building infrastructure with Terraform.
- Demonstrated track record of managing observability platforms such as Datadog and Splunk.
- Experience with site reliability engineering best practices, including logging, telemetry, and SLA management.
- Background in data analytics around large data sets.
- 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:
- Fully-paid health care benefits
- Generous parental and family leave policies
- Volunteer opportunities
- Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
- Mental and physical wellness programs
- Tuition assistance
- A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
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/.
The annual base salary range for this role is $160,000-$250,000 (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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a closely related field.
- 4 years of experience as a software engineer.
- Proficiency in Python or Rust.
- Working knowledge of GitHub or other CI/CD platforms.
- Experience deploying observability solutions to Linux and virtualized environments.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Comfort building infrastructure with Terraform.
- Demonstrated track record of managing observability platforms such as Datadog and Splunk.
- Experience with site reliability engineering best practices, including logging, telemetry, and SLA management.
- Background in data analytics around large data sets.
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards.
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.
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