Senior C++ Quant Analytics Library Architect

Point72; Greater London; On-site; GBP 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave

Volunteer opportunities

Affinity groups

Wellness programs

Tuition assistance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Point72 is seeking a senior software engineer to lead and evolve a production C++ analytics library used across macro trading, risk, and pricing domains. The role focuses on building high-performance, well-architected components that scale across long-lived production systems.

You will collaborate with quantitative researchers, traders, and technology partners, translating models into robust library solutions and mentoring junior engineers while upholding the firm’s disciplined engineering

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience developing and supporting production quantitative analytics libraries in macro, trading, risk, pricing, or related financial markets.
• Deep expertise in modern C++, including C++20 or later, templates, generic programming, compile-time design, value semantics, ownership and lifetime management, interface design, and maintainable library patterns for large production C++ systems.
• Experience designing high-performance, extensible, well-structured C++ libraries and interfaces for long-lived production systems.
• Experience improving numerically or data-intensive systems through concurrency, asynchronous execution, memory layout, profiling, benchmarking, and scalable computation.
• Proven ability to design stable interfaces with careful attention to versioning, backward compatibility, deprecation, and long-term maintainability.
• High-level understanding of quantitative analytics concepts, including pricing, valuation, calibration, curve construction, scenarios, sensitivities, and risk.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with quantitative researchers, traders, risk users, and technology partners.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of a production C++ analytics library used across the macro business.
• Build and maintain pricing, calibration, curve construction, scenario, valuation, and risk analytics for macro products and related derivatives.
• Extend the existing C++ analytics library and deliver major new components that improve architecture, performance, consistency, and long-term extensibility.
• Translate quantitative models and analytical requirements into robust, high-performance C++ library components.
• Partner with quantitative researchers, traders, risk users, and technology partners to understand requirements and deliver robust C++ library capabilities.
• Provide technical judgment on library design, architecture, performance, interface design, and maintainability.
• Contribute to releases, production support, and performance improvements for production analytics.
• Investigate pricing and risk discrepancies and help resolve issues with senior technical judgment.
• Mentor developers by sharing technical guidance when appropriate.

Skills

C++20+

Templates

Generic programming

Job description

Point72 is seeking a senior software engineer to lead and evolve a production C++ analytics library used across macro trading, risk, and pricing domains. The role focuses on building high-performance, well-architected components that scale across long-lived production systems.

You will collaborate with quantitative researchers, traders, and technology partners, translating models into robust library solutions and mentoring junior engineers while upholding the firm’s disciplined engineering