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A Career with Point72 Ventures
Point72 Ventures is a global venture capital strategy led by a diverse set of domain experts with the capital and mandate to lead rounds through all stages of a company's growth, from idea to IPO. The team invests in founders with bold ideas who use the latest technologies to drive transformational change across industries. Point72 Ventures offers entrepreneurs access to expertise and insights, executive and technical talent, and hands-on support. Point72 Ventures is an affiliate of Point72, the global asset manager founded by Steven A. Cohen. For more information, visit p72.vc.
About This Role
Within Point72 Ventures, the Proprietary Research team delivers value-added research capabilities and products designed to elevate the private investing workflow. This role merges traditional data engineering with AI, ideal for a hands-on engineer focused on delivering results. You'll build and maintain data pipelines using Airflow, EKS, and AWS, and create LLM-powered agents to transform data interaction. The ideal candidate has AWS experience, strong engineering fundamentals, and a passion for rapid prototyping and iterative improvement. You'll develop APIs for internal data products, collaborate with stakeholders to address business challenges, and continuously improve our data infrastructure. This position offers immediate impact and growth opportunities, allowing you to apply your skills while advancing in modern data engineering and AI integration. If you're driven by deploying solutions quickly and making complex data accessible, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape our data capabilities.
What Excites You
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/about.
The annual base salary range for this role is $175,000-$225,000 (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.
Point72 Ventures is a global venture capital strategy led by a diverse set of domain experts with the capital and mandate to lead rounds through all stages of a company's growth, from idea to IPO. The team invests in founders with bold ideas who use the latest technologies to drive transformational change across industries. Point72 Ventures offers entrepreneurs access to expertise and insights, executive and technical talent, and hands-on support. Point72 Ventures is an affiliate of Point72, the global asset manager founded by Steven A. Cohen. For more information, visit p72.vc.
About This Role
Within Point72 Ventures, the Proprietary Research team delivers value-added research capabilities and products designed to elevate the private investing workflow. This role merges traditional data engineering with AI, ideal for a hands-on engineer focused on delivering results. You'll build and maintain data pipelines using Airflow, EKS, and AWS, and create LLM-powered agents to transform data interaction. The ideal candidate has AWS experience, strong engineering fundamentals, and a passion for rapid prototyping and iterative improvement. You'll develop APIs for internal data products, collaborate with stakeholders to address business challenges, and continuously improve our data infrastructure. This position offers immediate impact and growth opportunities, allowing you to apply your skills while advancing in modern data engineering and AI integration. If you're driven by deploying solutions quickly and making complex data accessible, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape our data capabilities.
What Excites You
- Blending AI with practical engineering - Create LLM-powered agents that seek to solve real business problems while building foundational data infrastructure
- See your work make immediate impact - Deliver solutions that quickly move from concept to production, with tangible results visible across the organization
- Grow your technical toolkit rapidly - Expand from your current skills into modern data engineering and AI integration through hands-on implementation
- Shape how an organization leverages its data - Design the APIs and interfaces that transform how colleagues access and utilize critical information
- Join a culture that values iteration and innovation - Work in an environment that celebrates quick prototyping, continuous improvement, and creative problem-solving
- 3 years of foundational engineering experience
- A record of accomplishment that demonstrates abilities in preferred infrastructure components (Terraform, EKS, Airflow)
- Experience in building applications that leverage Generative AI for real, production use cases
- Insatiable learners who constantly seek frontiers and can learn complex concepts quickly
- Strong communicators who provide clarity to their audience
- People who “elevate the room” through their work ethic, curiosity, and attitude
- Team players who care about and contribute to a thriving team culture
- Helpers who roll up their sleeves to do the work
- Ownership – You take charge of your work, uphold your commitments, and never drop the ball
- Prioritization – You focus on what matters most and wait on the rest; you are great at thoughtfully saying no to others
- Adaptability – You can triage needs and context-switch quickly and effortlessly
- Communications – You have excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills
- Teamwork – Everyone loves working with you and feels energized after engaging with you
- Integrity – You demonstrate 100% commitment to the highest ethical standards
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
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/about.
The annual base salary range for this role is $175,000-$225,000 (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.
Salary : $175,000 - $225,000
