Senior Database Engineer

JOB TITLE

Manager Database Technology

A Career with point72s Technology team

As Point72 reimagines the future of investing our Technology group is constantly improving our companys IT infrastructure positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. Were 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 youll do

• Technical Leadership & Strategy lead design and development of scalable high performance database solutions set the technology roadmap and drive innovation through adoption of advanced analytics automation and emerging platforms.
• Operational Excellence Champion continuous database service availability by proactively managing risks leading incident resolution and leveraging monitoring tools to predict and prevent performance issues.
• Strategic Project Delivery Oversee complex migrations modernization initiatives and proofs of concept that align with enterprise architecture and deliver measurable business value.
• Security Compliance & Risk Management Embed security by design translate regulatory requirements into technical actions and conduct rigorous risk assessments to maintain compliance and resilience.
• Stakeholder Engagement Act as the primary bridge between global technology governance and local business needs influencing solution design and representing the region in global forums.
• Team Development & Culture Build a high-performance engineering culture by mentoring others developing talent pipelines and fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation Lead automation data driven optimization and competitive benchmarking to continually enhance service quality and efficiency.
  
  

Whats REQUIRED

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science information technology or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in database management with a focus on automation standardization monitoring observability performance optimization and disaster recovery.
• Strong expertise in leading database technologies including PostgreSQL MS SQL Server MongoDB Oracle and MySQL.
• Strong expertise in public cloud data / database services including AWS RDS Aurora Snowflake and MongoDB Atlas.
• Extensive experience in database automation and self-service design and implementation.
• Extensive experience in performance tuning capacity planning monitoring/observability tools.
• Strong expertise in database infrastructure stack including compute storage and networking requirements.
• Strong expertise in clustering replication failover backup/recovery strategies disaster recovery and geo-redundancy.
• Strong ability to lead geographically dispersed technical teams set vision and inspire high performance.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Strong root cause analysis and decision-making under pressure
• Certification in database management or related areas.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.g. Docker Kubernetes Jenkins).
• Knowledge of big data technologies and frameworks (e.g. Hadoop Spark).
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

About point72

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 industrys brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our peoples long-term growth. For more information .