A Career with Point72’s Technology Team
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.
What you’ll do
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance C#/.NET Core APIs and backend services.
- Build and optimize data models, queries, and database performance.
- Ensure service reliability and availability by managing SLAs, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Collaborate closely with UI developers, Quality Assurance and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end features.
- Write clean, maintainable code with strong unit test coverage.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making.
- Manage UAT environments, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor application health, performance, and logs using observability tools.
- Contribute to DevOps automation, infrastructure improvements, and operational best practices.
- Provide support for production issues, including timely critical bug fixes and incident resolution.
What’s required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in backend or server-side development.
- Strong proficiency in C#/.NET Core and RESTful API design.
- Proven experience ensuring service reliability and availability through SLA management, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB and SQL Server, including performance tuning.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams.
- Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- 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
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 www.Point72.com/about.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of backend or server-side development experience
- Strong proficiency in C# and .NET Core
- Experience designing RESTful APIs
- Proven experience with service reliability: SLA management, monitoring, alerting, incident response
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB and SQL Server, including performance tuning
- Experience managing UAT environments, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Commitment to high 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.
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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.
