Site Reliability Engineer, Macro Technology

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Build out of the foundational technical components of an extensive SRE program spanning multiple complex systems, both new and existing
• Collaborate with our development and quant teams to ensure that ongoing necessary change is consistent with a pre-determined, measurable set of SLOs spanning multiple complex user interactions with our systems
• Monitor system capacity and performance, identifying and addressing potential future bottlenecks and sources of instability before they become impactful to our stakeholders
• Review and provide feedback on automation code developed by peers to maintain high standards of code quality and efficiency
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, analyzing their impact on infrastructure and service operations
• Lead and/or participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders, evaluating and selecting the best technologies and automation strategies for our needs

Requirements

• Previous work experience as a site reliability engineer or similar
• Strong coding skills in Python and PowerShell and the ability to comprehend C# and write basic applications in the language
• Experience with Windows and Linux based operating systems, Cloud-based services and infrastructure (AWS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Configuration Management (Ansible)
• Experience with container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS and ECS
• Self-motivated individual with great communication and interpersonal skills, and a very strong sense of ownership
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

Benefits

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Volunteer opportunities
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more