Reliability Software Engineer

Reliability Software Engineer

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 will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our Desktop Platform and critical Equities Applications. You will work closely with development teams to measure the reliability of our applications and drive  solutions to ensure a high quality end user satisfaction.  Your understanding in Node.js and Angular will be instrumental in optimizing our front-end and back-end services.

• Analyze system performance and implement improvements to optimize equities application operations.
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Develop software services, libraries and tools to automate processes, reduce toil and improve reliability.
• Develop and maintain documentation for systems architecture and operational procedures.
• Conduct root cause analysis of incidents and implement solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and scalability through innovative solutions.

What’s required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and Angular, with a deep understanding of their ecosystems.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Openshift.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex systems.

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
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

 

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.

The annual base salary range for this role is $175,000-$250,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.