Point72

Site Reliability Engineer, Macro Technology

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

You will play a highly critical operational role where you will apply a combination of software and systems engineering skills to develop and maintain a complex set of distributed, real-time systems that serve critical stakeholders in Point72’s Global Macro business. 

You will focus on optimizing the operations of existing systems and infrastructure in an efficient manner, through a strict adherence to automation and tooling Specifically, you will: Build out foundational technical components of an extensive SRE program across multiple complex systems, both new and existing

• Collaborate with our development and quant teams to ensure that ongoing change is consistent with a pre-determined, measurable set of SLOs spanning multiple complex user interactions with our systems
• Monitor system capacity and performance, identifying and addressing potential future bottlenecks and sources of instability before they become impactful to our stakeholders
• Review and provide feedback on automation code developed by peers to maintain high standards of code quality and efficiency
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, analyzing their impact on infrastructure and service operations
• Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders, evaluating and selecting the best technologies and automation strategies for our needs

WHAT’S REQUIRED

We are looking for highly motivated, proactive engineers, who enjoy the challenge of working with complex systems and environments. Specifically, you should have:

• Demonstrated work experience as a site reliability engineer or similar role
• Strong coding skills – Python, PowerShell are required. Ability to comprehend C# and write basic applications in the language
• Experience with Windows and Linux based operating systems, Cloud-based services and infrastructure (AWS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Configuration Management (Ansible)
• Experience with container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS and ECS
• Self-motivated individual with great communication and interpersonal skills, and a very strong sense of ownership
• 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:

• 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 LGBT+ community
• Tuition assistance

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.