Senior Software Engineer, Tax Technology
A CAREER WITH POINT72’S TECHNOLOGY TEAM
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.
The position will be part of the Tax system team, participating in development efforts in tax allocation, investor K1 schedules, legal entities’ tax returns and tax reporting.
What you’ll do
- Lead the design and build of cloud-native tax applications and analytics that directly influence tax optimization across the firm
- Shape the architecture and technical direction of the tax technology stack to drive long-term scalability, resiliency, and performance improvements
- Develop new software features and enhancements across frontend and backend systems using test-driven and agile methodologies
- Design and implement scalable data processing solutions for large data volumes to support tax allocations, reporting, and analytics
- Build user-friendly interfaces and optimize backend and database performance to ensure fast, reliable tax workflows
- Automate system upgrades, monitoring, and controls while integrating with internal and external vendors and services
- Collaborate with DevOps and operations teams to resolve incidents, leverage continuous integration pipelines, and improve deployment automation
- Document technical designs, conduct code reviews, and promote software engineering best practices across the team
- Partner with tax stakeholders and other technology teams to deliver cross-departmental initiatives and translate business requirements into robust solutions
What’s required
- 8+ years of professional software development experience with primary experience in Java and exposure to Scala
- Proven expertise in object-oriented programming, design patterns, and software architecture principles
- Experience building full-stack applications with attention to user interface design and backend/database optimization
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing systems that handle large data volumes and scale reliably
- Strong SQL development and debugging skills with relational databases
- Hands-on experience with Node.js and designing and building RESTful APIs
- Hands-on experience with React and TypeScript for frontend development
- Experience building microservices and deploying on Kubernetes-based platforms in cloud environments such as AWS
- Excellent verbal communication skills with experience collaborating across business and technology teams
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills with a track record of delivering complex technical projects
- 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