Runtime Engineer
Job Overview
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
Drive innovation in runtime technologies, including container orchestration, serverless platforms, and cloud-native architectures.
Contribute to best practices for runtime engineering, focusing on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Ensure the availability, performance, and security of runtime platforms through proactive monitoring, incident management, and capacity planning.
Drive the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation to streamline operations and reduce manual effort.
Partner with application development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to ensure runtime platforms meet the needs of engineering teams and business stakeholders.
Collaborate with security teams to ensure runtime platforms adhere to compliance and security standards.
Build and lead a high-performing runtime engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for runtime platforms, including uptime, latency, and resource utilization.
Implement observability solutions to provide deep visibility into runtime platform health and performance.
Evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to enhance the capabilities of runtime platforms.
What’s required
5-8 years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or runtime environments.
Demonstrated success in managing large-scale, distributed runtime platforms in cloud and hybrid environments.
Expertise in container orchestration platforms and runtime environments.
Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless platforms.
Experience with monitoring and observability tools for runtime platforms.
Proven ability to optimize runtime environments for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
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:
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 LGBT+ community
Tuition assistance
A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
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. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here
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.
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