Role:
We're seeking a senior programmer/developer with extensive financial industry experience to join a newly formed team focused on convertible bond and capital structure arbitrage.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement the core data infrastructure and trading systems
- Develop robust data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and analyzing financial market data, including unstructured OTC data
- Build scalable and efficient trading algorithms from scratch
- Create tools for backtesting, risk management, and performance analysis
- Collaborate closely with team members to translate trading ideas into production-ready systems
- Establish best practices for software development, testing, and deployment
Requirements:
- 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 7 years of experience in financial institutions (e.g., hedge funds, investment banks, proprietary trading firms)
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or related quantitative field preferred
- Proven track record of architecting and building large-scale financial software systems from inception
- Deep understanding of financial markets, particularly in corporate bonds, equity derivatives, and equities
- Expert-level proficiency in Python with demonstrable projects in financial applications
- Extensive experience in designing and implementing data infrastructure for financial applications
- Strong background in distributed systems and high-performance computing
- Familiarity with financial regulations and their impact on system design and implementation
- Previous experience in launching or joining early-stage trading teams preferred
- Proficiency in C++, SQL, R, and Bloomberg APIs preferred
- Track record of leveraging AI/ML technologies, especially LLMs, in financial applications preferred
- Experience with cloud technologies and their application in financial services preferred
- 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.
