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
- As part of our Redwood team, you will focus on developing technical solutions within our trading system to facilitate onboarding and ongoing support of the Cubist systematic trading business
- Develop real-time, low-latency solutions fororder-entry, order-routing and risk management across a variety of asset classes and regions
- Custom binary protocol development for order-entry and counter-party execution
- Risk management rule development for new asset classes
- Complex event processing for trading-system anomaly detection
- Realtime cross-site position updates for global risk calculations
What’s required
- 8-10 years of experience in front office trading system development
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, finance, or a related field
- Strong coding abilities, highly proficient in Java development and coding practices
- Experience working on a sequencer-based technology platform
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- 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
- 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
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
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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.
