Software Engineer, Commodities Technology

About Point72

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.

Job Summary

Design, implement, and maintain data services and adapters in a microservices architecture aligned to the requirements of both investment professionals and services team.

Key Responsibilities

• Influence the design of custom plugins and interoperable, standalone applications that will extend existing capabilities and expose new features to our end-users.
• Work extensively with commodity and energy datasets (both structured and unstructured) to provide key pre-trade analytics, insights, and recommendations.
• Influence DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, supporting the technology build, deploy, and release processes.
• Influence the design and execution of test automation frameworks for integrated plugin development and external interfaces.
• Develop a quantitative understanding of commodity and energy risk, financial, and position datasets.
• Solve complex and challenging problems through the application of innovative solutions leveraging the latest technology.
• Learn from talented investment professional and services colleagues to deepen your understanding of these markets.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5-7 years of financial industry experience in a high-volume, fast-paced, trading environment.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in finance or an engineering field.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing solutions for trading, risk, finance, and operations within business-aligned technology teams.
• Experience integrating financial technology platforms with the broader enterprise architecture, with an understanding of ETL processes for handling large volumes of financial data.
• Demonstrable knowledge of SQL for retrieving and organizing datasets.
• Experience with OpenLink Endur and working with commodity and energy asset class data.
• Strong working knowledge of financial trading concepts, risk analytics, financial reporting.
• Advanced and detail-oriented data analytical skills, with focus on data accuracy and consistency.
• Collaborative mindset, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

Benefits & Perks

• 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.