5 months ago
Base Salary
$245k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and extend core C# analytics services, APIs, and libraries for the Macro business.
- Develop and operate high-performance distributed systems with strong correctness, latency, and scalability guarantees.
- Build real-time and historical analytics services for pricing, risk, and global market data workflows.
- Design and maintain time-aware data models and services for historical and real-time analytics.
- Develop and integrate derived data pipelines and datasets for research, backtesting, and production analytics.
- Contribute to API design, data modeling, and system architecture for shared analytics platforms.
- Integrate analytics services with batch and streaming data pipelines across research and trading workflows.
- Partner with quants and portfolio managers to translate investment requirements into platform capabilities.
- Improve system reliability through testing, monitoring, and operational practices.
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions focused on design, performance, and maintainability.
Requirements
- 3–10 years of experience developing production-quality backend software in C# focused on distributed systems and APIs.
- Experience designing, deploying, and supporting backend services or platforms in cloud or hybrid environments.
- Strong understanding of distributed-system design, data modeling, consistency, and time-series or event-driven architectures.
- Hands-on experience with streaming and messaging systems such as Kafka and scalable data pipelines with derived-data generation and persistence.
- Familiarity with containerized environments such as Kubernetes and modern data and storage technologies.
- Understanding of testing, code coverage, monitoring, and operational support for production systems.
- Experience with Python and exposure to C++, particularly in performance- or analytics-oriented contexts.
- Awareness of financial markets and instruments including rates, FX, and derivatives, and their use in pricing and risk analytics.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with investment professionals.
- Commitment to high ethical standards.
Benefits
- Fully paid health care benefits
- Generous parental and family leave policies
- Volunteer opportunities
- Employee-led affinity group support
- Mental and physical wellness programs
- Tuition assistance
- 401(k) savings program with employer match
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Point72
Point72 is a global alternative investment firm that deploys fundamental and systematic strategies across equities and other asset classes for institutional and qualified investors. The firm earns management and performance fees and also invests partner capital. Founded in 2014 by Steven A. Cohen and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, it operates a multi-manager platform with offices worldwide and a large in-house technology organization supporting research, trading, data, and risk.