Software Engineer, Commodities Technology

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Software Engineer, Commodities Technology

A Career with point72’s Commodities 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

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

What’s REQUIRED

• 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

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

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-$245,000 (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.