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
As a Software Engineer supporting Risk Technology, you will: Deliver an ongoing feature-set within a complete web application Focus on delivering the best possible user experience Write tested, idiomatic, and documented React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Create self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components Coordinate with the developers and business stakeholders to build an effective and achievable result Cooperate with the back-end developers in the process of building the API within a service mesh architecture Develop a thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system Architect and automate the build process for production, using task runners (e.g. webpack, browserify, gulp) Write extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks Create e2e test suites for all components, and run them with Protractor (or a well-reasoned alternative) Communicate with external web services
What’s required
Proficiency in React and CSS (Flexbox/CSS Grid a plus) and HTML5 Deep knowledge of JavaScript / ES6 practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience Professional, precise communication skills Ability to define frontend development guidelines and best practices Thorough understanding of asynchronous mechanisms used in modern web development (Promises, Observables, etc) Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods for providing performant visual effects Knowledge of 3rd party grid and charting tools (e.g., ag-grid, Highcharts) a plus Commitment to the highest ethical standards
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: Sports card Private life insurance Private medical and dental care, with vision allowance Private pension scheme Volunteer opportunities Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community Business travel accident insurance Employee assistance program Educational assistance reimbursement
About Point72
Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. For more information, visit
www.Point72.com/working-here .
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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
As a Software Engineer supporting Risk Technology, you will: Deliver an ongoing feature-set within a complete web application Focus on delivering the best possible user experience Write tested, idiomatic, and documented React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Create self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components Coordinate with the developers and business stakeholders to build an effective and achievable result Cooperate with the back-end developers in the process of building the API within a service mesh architecture Develop a thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system Architect and automate the build process for production, using task runners (e.g. webpack, browserify, gulp) Write extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks Create e2e test suites for all components, and run them with Protractor (or a well-reasoned alternative) Communicate with external web services
What’s required
Proficiency in React and CSS (Flexbox/CSS Grid a plus) and HTML5 Deep knowledge of JavaScript / ES6 practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience Professional, precise communication skills Ability to define frontend development guidelines and best practices Thorough understanding of asynchronous mechanisms used in modern web development (Promises, Observables, etc) Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods for providing performant visual effects Knowledge of 3rd party grid and charting tools (e.g., ag-grid, Highcharts) a plus Commitment to the highest ethical standards
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: Sports card Private life insurance Private medical and dental care, with vision allowance Private pension scheme Volunteer opportunities Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community Business travel accident insurance Employee assistance program Educational assistance reimbursement
About Point72
Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. For more information, visit
www.Point72.com/working-here .
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