Low-Latency Market Data Engineer

A Career with Point72s Infrastructure Group

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.

Our Technology Infrastructure team engineers and operates the foundational technology platforms that power all Point72s applications and businesses. Our disciplines span a broad array of technologies from datacenter infrastructure to large scale cloud services with the shared goal of providing the most reliable performant modern technology platforms to improve time-to-market for our business. We also deliver end-user technology solutions to support the evolving collaboration and productivity needs of our global teams. Our team focuses on innovation and challenging the current state of our infrastructure technology in a fast-paced dynamic and collaborative working environment.

We are looking for a detail-oriented and dedicated Low-Latency Market Data Engineer with at least 10 years of experience in the design implementation and support of Linux/Unix operating systems.

What youll do:

In this role you will work as part of a team responsible for the design engineering implementation and 3rd level support of the Network Linux and Market Data systems in our trading colocations. Specifically you will:

• Manage communicate and implement infrastructure changes upgrades and migrations on co-located network devices and Linux servers
• Support monitor and maintain co-location market data infrastructure running on RHEL
• Engage with vendors and exchanges on protocol upgrades (EDC) and operational issues
• Analyze packet captures (gaps data quality checks)
• Liaise with Market Data capture vendor on issues upgrades and performance enhancements
• Implement a strategic monitoring platform with streaming infrastructure (Prometheus / Grafana)
• Develop and expand upon AI based tools that link to key data sources for greater instrumentation visibility and MTTR
• Automate both data gathering and configuration changes through tools like Ansible GitHub NetBox

Whats required:

5 years of network design experience supporting critical trading or enterprise services
5 years of Linux System Administration experience supporting RHEL environments
Experience supporting high frequency trading (HFT) environments within co-locations
Experience engineering and supporting Market Data and/or third-party feed handlers
Experience with tuning Linux servers for low latency high-throughput and kernel bypass (e.g. Exanic / Solarflare)
Experience with automation/orchestration tools (Ansible Terraform)
Experience with a scripting language (Bash Python)
Experience with cloud services and provisioning tools
Experience with monitoring and instrumentation of infrastructure/applications (Prometheus/Grafana)
Excellent understanding of Market Data and/or third-party feed handlers
Ability to be an independent problem solver with troubleshooting decision making and analytical skills
Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and priorities identify creative options and solutions able to analyze data and the ability to manage internal and external contacts
Experience with version control repositories (Bitbucket / Github) and CI/CD tools
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.