5-7 years of experience in production trading network infrastructure within colocation environments
Expertise in BGP and IP routing for latency-sensitive trading
Experience in layer 2 and layer 3 design for low-latency data centers
Knowledge of load balancers, firewalls, and secure connectivity for trading
Hands-on experience with multicast market data distribution and troubleshooting
Familiarity with optical transport and colocation cross-connect management
Understanding of precision time synchronization and packet analysis
Responsibilities
Serve as a senior technical authority for market data and trading network
Shape architecture for colocated trading environments and network connectivity
Design ultra-low-latency network fabrics and manage capacity planning
Monitor inter-site circuits for latency and performance compliance
Configure and troubleshoot network protocols and security measures
Build and troubleshoot market data connectivity and reliability
Develop automation for network changes and compliance checks
Benefits
Fully-paid health care benefits
Generous parental and family leave policies
Volunteer opportunities
Support for employee-led affinity groups
Mental and physical wellness programs
Tuition assistance
401(k) savings program with employer match
Full Job Description
What you'll do
Serve as a senior technical authority for market data, venue connectivity, colocated sites, inter-site links, and the broader trading network
Shape the target-state architecture for colocated trading environments and wide area network connectivity across exchanges, venues, brokers, and data providers
Design and operate ultra-low-latency network fabrics spanning physical topologies, optical transport, structured cabling, patching strategy, and capacity planning
Qualify and monitor inter-site circuits to confirm route latency, stability, resilience, and performance meet production trading requirements
Configure and troubleshoot BGP, IP routing, load balancing, firewall controls, and segmentation patterns that protect trading infrastructure
Build and troubleshoot end-to-end market data connectivity, including multicast and unicast delivery, loss analysis, arbitration paths, and line-rate reliability
Deliver venue and broker onboarding for order entry, including gateway sessions, conformance, certification, and operational readiness for new launches
Build latency monitoring, packet capture, precision timing, and telemetry capabilities that provide evidence-based answers about network performance
Develop automation for network changes, validations, venue onboarding, compliance checks, diagnostics, and safer execution using artificial intelligence-assisted approaches
Elevate engineering discipline through rigorous change management, clear documentation, design reviews, mentoring, vendor coordination, and senior stakeholder communication
What's required
Significant experience at a buy-side or sell-side financial firm directly responsible for production trading network infrastructure in colocation environments
Deep expertise in BGP and IP routing across wide area network and extranet environments supporting latency-sensitive trading connectivity
Demonstrated experience with layer 2 and layer 3 design for low-latency data center fabrics
Strong knowledge of load balancer and firewall platforms, segmentation architecture, and secure connectivity patterns for trading infrastructure
Hands-on experience with multicast market data distribution, troubleshooting, gap and loss analysis, and reliable line-rate feed delivery
Practical experience with layer 1 multiplexing and tap infrastructure, switching, optical transport, dense wavelength-division multiplexing, and colocation cross-connect management
Working knowledge of precision time synchronization, hardware timestamping, packet capture, and packet analysis at line rate
Hands-on experience with network platforms used in latency-sensitive environments and familiarity with kernel bypass and low-latency host networking concepts
Track record of owning complex network designs from architecture through production delivery and mentoring engineers on technical practice
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
Volunteer opportunities
Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
Mental and physical wellness programs
Tuition assistance
A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
The annual base salary range for this role is $200,000-$300,000 (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.
About Point72
Point72 Asset Management is a hedge fund and family office founded by Steven Cohen in 2014. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and manages over $16 billion in assets. Point72 primarily invests in public equity markets, but also has a private equity arm. The company has a global presence with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore. Point72 has been involved in several high-profile legal cases, including a $1.8 billion settlement with the SEC in 2013.
