Observability Engineer

Point72; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully-paid health care benefits

Generous parental and family leave

Mental and physical wellness programs

Tuition assistance

401(k) savings program with employer match

Job summary

Point72 in New York, NY is seeking a Software Engineer for its Technology team. The candidate will architect observability platforms and develop telemetry solutions, emphasizing innovative engineering and data analytics.

The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and at least 4 years of experience in software engineering, proficient in Python or Rust. Point72 offers comprehensive benefits and a competitive salary range of $175,000–$250,000 USD.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Demonstrated track record managing observability platforms.
• Experience with site reliability engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and run central observability platforms.
• Develop telemetry collection and processing pipelines.
• Implement and maintain open-source telemetry instrumentation.

Skills

Python

Rust

GitHub

Linux

Terraform

Datadog

Splunk

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

A Career with Point72’s Technology Team

As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open‑source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.

As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi‑billion‑dollar global business.

What you’ll do

• Architect, build, and run central observability platforms for the firm.
• Develop telemetry collection, processing, enrichment, and routing pipelines for logs, metrics, traces, and events.
• Implement and maintain open‑source telemetry instrumentation standards and deployment patterns.
• Build scalable ingestion and storage architectures using cloud native technologies.
• Optimize telemetry cost, performance, retention, and reliability.
• Participate in incident investigations and drive root‑cause analysis for observability platform issues.
• Develop dashboards, reporting capabilities, and service level monitoring frameworks.

What’s Required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a closely related field.
• 4 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficiency in Python or Rust.
• Working knowledge of GitHub or other CI/CD platforms.
• Experience deploying observability solutions to Linux and virtualized environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Comfort building infrastructure with Terraform.
• Demonstrated track record of managing observability platforms such as Datadog and Splunk.
• Experience with site reliability engineering best practices, including logging, telemetry, and SLA management.
• Background in data analytics around large data sets.
• 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–$250,000 (USD), which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from the posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other factors.