Point72 Academy 2026 Investment Analyst Program For Experienced Professionals in Bengaluru

JOB TITLE Talent Acquisition Analyst A CAREER WITH POINT72’S HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM As an HR Team, our mission is to be trusted business partners and advisors within the Point72 community, committed to driving a distinctive culture that values collaboration, innovation, and adaptive performance. We are a group of professionals who prioritize business context while listening to all sides, across teams and levels, with empathy. We strive to be commercial and innovative, focused on deeply understand the nuances of global and business unit dynamics and seeking unconventional ways of approaching our relationships with our people. WHAT YOU’LL DO The Talent Acquisition Analyst will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end contractor lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on data accuracy, compliance, access governance, and spend visibility. This role will ensure contractors are onboarded efficiently, background checks are completed in accordance with policy, and system access is aligned with business needs and information security standards. Managing contractor onboarding from offer acceptance through system access activation, ensuring all required documentation and approvals are completed accurately and on time. Tracking and validating completion of background checks prior to start date, while maintaining clear documentation to support audit and compliance requirements. Partnering closely with Information Security and IT teams to ensure contractors are granted appropriate, role-based access and do not have access to sensitive systems or data unless explicitly required. Supporting periodic access reviews and ensuring timely updates when contractor scope, assignment, or business needs change. Determining contractor types and establishing clear guidelines for the appropriate process, documentation, approvals, onboarding steps, access requirements, and governance standards for each contractor category. Maintaining accurate contractor rec

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. WHAT YOU’LL DO Monitor, triage, and assess incidents across global markets and technology platforms, validating severity, business impact, and escalation requirements. Act as command-and-control lead for major incidents, driving structured response, rapid restoration, and informed decision-making. Coordinate recovery efforts across L1/L2/L3 support teams, engineering, infrastructure, and third-party vendors to minimize business disruption. Lead internal and external stakeholder communications, including senior leadership, during incidents and service disruptions. Trigger and govern disaster recovery (DR) failover in line with predefined criteria, controls, and governance standards. Ensure accurate, timely, and audit-ready incident documentation, including detailed timelines, evidence, and impact analysis. Facilitate post-incident reviews (RCA/post-mortems), ensure root causes are clearly identified, and track corrective and preventative actions to closure. Govern end-to-end change management, including change risk assessment, CAB facilitation, approval workflows, maintenance windows, and change-related incident management. Drive continuous improvement in incident, change, and event management processes through automation, standardization, and improved tooling and alert quality. Partner with engineering and operations teams to design scalable, resilient processes, promote best practices, and enhance operational matur

Payroll Specialist, United States Payroll A Career with Point72’s Finance Team The Finance team provides a broad range of timely, accurate, relevant, and objective financial information, advice, and services to its business partners, with commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards. Our team offers a dynamic and collaborative environment where our colleagues can learn at a fast pace and are rewarded with advanced opportunities both within Finance and across the firm. What you’ll do We are seeking a Payroll Specialist for the U.S. Payroll who will have direct ownership of hands-on payroll processing in addition to providing subject matter expertise and oversight. Specifically, you will: Own end-to-end U.S. payroll processing with minimal supervision, including data gathering, validation, review, and final sign-off Lead complex payroll activities such as multi-state tax calculations, W-2 testing and reconciliation, 401(k) processing, salary variance analysis, and retroactive adjustments Serve as the U.S. payroll subject matter expert, providing guidance on federal, state, and local tax matters and ensuring compliance and accuracy Independently prepare, review, and post payroll journal entries, including accruals, reversals, and adjustments Act as the primary point of contact for payroll escalations, employee inquiries, client questions, and external vendor coordination Partner with Human Resources (HR), Finance, Tax, and Benefits teams to resolve payroll issues, support audits, and manage cross-functional dependencies Review payroll outputs for quality and compliance, proactively identifying, investigating, and remediating discrepancies Drive payroll process improvements, automation, system enhancements, and transitions using tools such as Excel, Workday, and other reporting/automation solutions, while mentoring junior team members as needed What’s required? Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 4+ years of finance, accoun

AI/ML – Investment Services A Career with Point72's AI/ML – Investment Services Team The AI/ML – Investment Services team at Point72 spearheads the development of cutting-edge AI solutions that seek to transform our business processes and enhance enterprise intelligence. The team aims to bridge the gap between business challenges and technological innovation, collaborating with stakeholders across the firm and leveraging expertise in generative AI, data engineering, and machine learning. WHAT YOU'LL DO Build and scale core backend services and platforms that power generative AI applications and data infrastructure used across the firm’s investment workflows Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines to ingest, normalize, and serve both structured and unstructured data Develop robust APIs and microservices to support model inference, feature serving, and downstream applications Integrate generative AI tools and model-serving workflows into production, including embedding stores, retrieval components, and fine-tuning pipelines Optimize system performance, cost, and reliability through profiling, capacity planning, and architectural improvements Implement automated testing, continuous delivery pipelines, monitoring, and incident response practices to maintain production health Partner with data scientists, AI engineers, product owners, and operations to translate models and prototypes into scalable, production-grade solutions Mentor engineers, lead code reviews, and establish engineering best practices for maintainability, security, and observability Own end-to-end delivery, operational runbooks, and metrics-driven measurement of feature impact and system reliability WHAT'S REQUIRED Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field Minimum 5+ years of professional experience building backend systems and production services Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale data engineering pipelines

JOB TITLE Cloud Compute Engineer 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 Design, build, and operate Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, including cluster lifecycle management, networking, autoscaling, and workload scheduling. Manage and optimize EC2-based compute infrastructure, including instance selection, placement strategies, capacity planning, and utilization analysis. Operate and improve ECS-based services where applicable, ensuring consistency across our container runtime environments. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision and manage compute resources at scale. Collaborate with development and platform teams to define compute patterns, containerization standards, and deployment best practices. Monitor compute environments for availability, performance, and cost, driving continuous optimization across the fleet. Contribute to architectural decisions around workload placement, multi-tenancy, OS image and container li

JOB TITLE Access and Identity Management - Business Analyst 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 and AI 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. WHAT YOU'LL DO Translate business and security requirements into scalable, production‑ready AIM and IGA solutions that support firmwide operations Partner closely with business, Global Systems Administration, and technology stakeholders to deliver secure, efficient, and user‑friendly access solutions Analyze data to identify access trends, control gaps, and process inefficiencies, with a focus on automating manual processes and improving platform scalability Own requirements gathering, functional documentation, and user stories from ideation through UAT, deployment, and post‑release support Leverage tools such as SailPoint, JIRA, SQL, Splunk, and Power BI to support access governance, reporting, and operational insights Design and maintain dashboards and KPIs that measure access lifecycle performance, risk indicators, and user experience Support data‑driven decision making by validating data quality, ensuring consistency, and aligning metrics to business objectives Build deep domain expertise in identity governance, security controls, and investment‑driven technology platforms Contribute to a culture that prioritizes integrity, transparency, and the highest ethical standards WHAT’S REQUIRED 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Access & Identity Management (AIM) and Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) initiatives

JOB TITLE Mobility Engineer, End User Technology A CAreer with point72’s Technology TEAM As Point72 continues to reimagine 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 and discovering new ways to provide exceptional end user experience while embracing enterprise agile methodology. We encourage professional development to ensure you bring innovative ideas to our team while satisfying your own intellectual curiosity. Our Technology Infrastructure team engineers and operates the foundational technology platforms that power all of the firm’s applications and businesses. Our disciplines span a broad array of technologies from datacenter infrastructure to large scale cloud services, with the shared goal of providing the most reliable, performant, modern technology platforms to improve time-to-market for our business. We also deliver end-user technology solutions to support the evolving collaboration and productivity needs of our global teams. Our team focuses on innovation and challenging the current state of our infrastructure technology in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative working environment. What you’ll do We are seeking a Mobility Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Intune to own and evolve Point72’s modern endpoint and mobility platform. This role is heavily focused on mobility and modern device management, while also supporting Windows, macOS, mobile devices, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs.The ideal candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle management of corporate and BYOD endpoints, ensuring a secure, seamless, and high-performing end-user experience across the firm. Lead the end‑to‑end management of mobile and endpoint devices using Microsoft Intune and other enterprise MDM tools. Design, deploy, and support Intune for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Win

JOB TITLE Reference Data Engineer A Career with point72’s Cubist TEAM Cubist Systematic Strategies, an affiliate of Point72, deploys systematic, computer-driven trading strategies across multiple liquid asset classes, including equities, futures and foreign exchange. The core of our effort is rigorous research into a wide range of market anomalies, fueled by our unparalleled access to a wide range of publicly available data sources. What you’ll do Develop, test, and maintain software applications using .NET Full Stack technologies. Write clean, scalable, and efficient code in Python for various applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and other DevOps practices to ensure smooth deployment and operation of software solutions. Participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and issues in a timely manner. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends to enhance skills and knowledge. What’s REQUIRED We are looking for a motivated and skilled Software Engineer with experience in .NET Full Stack development, Python, and DevOps. You should also have: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, statistics or a related field. 3+ years of experience in .NET Full Stack development and Python programming. Basic understanding and practical experience with DevOps tools and methodologies. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges. Commitment to the highest ethical standards. About point72 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 inves

JOB TITLE Cloud Engineer 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 Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. Manage and optimize foundational platform for AWS/GCP/Azure services including IAM, Virtual Private Cloud networking, Cloud Security controls and policies, Cloud platform tools and automation to ensure scale, performance and security. Collaborate with development and operations teams to automate deployment and operational processes. Monitor cloud environments to maintain high availability and security standards. Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the technical roadmap for cloud solutions. Implement best practices for cloud resource optimization and cost management. What's Required Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 5 to 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure design and automation with optional experience in cloud networking. Proficiency in Infrastructur

JOB TITLE Back Office Operations Senior Associate A CAREER WITH POINT72’S BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS TEAM Point72’s Operations team supports all operational aspects of trade processing, reconciliation, financing, and reporting firmwide for all products, including equities, derivatives, bonds, foreign exchange and futures, and digital assets across global markets. WHAT YOU'LL DO Perform daily cash and P&L reconciliations, collaborating with global teams to resolve breaks efficiently. Complete assigned daily tasks and reviews strictly within established servicelevel agreements. Lead workload allocation and foster talent development across the team. Partner with prime brokers, custodians, administrators, and external third parties to expedite break resolution. Act as a senior team member to resolve complex tasks directly with counterparties and internal stakeholders. Identify, prioritize, and implement straight-through-processing (STP) initiatives to enhance scalability, accuracy, and control. Deliver fast, insightful answers to P&L inquiries from portfolio managers, traders, and investment colleagues. WHAT'S REQUIRED Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Mathematics, or a related field (preferred) 6+ years of Operations experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, bank, or fund administrator, including demonstrated leadership and ownership of complex operational functions. Strong product knowledge across equities, futures, equity swaps, FX, derivatives, and fixed income instruments. Advanced technical aptitude, with the ability to partner effectively with Technology and drive system and process improvements. Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to operate with urgency and sound judgment. Strong time management and prioritization skills in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment. Highly detail-oriented, proactive, and self-directed, with a strong sense of

JOB TITLE Systems Analyst, Workday HCM/Payroll 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 Serve as the primary application support partner for Payroll and HR, providing expert support across compensation, benefits, absence, time tracking, and Workday Payroll, Security, and integrations, while ensuring policy and regulatory compliance. Execute ongoing system configuration changes, such as business processes, foundational data, and security model updates, and participate in the bi‑weekly Agile sprint development process for Tier 3 requests and feature enhancements, adhering to SDLC methodology and Workday Change Management protocols. Architect and design end‑to‑end solutions that include Workday configuration, integrations, and downstream system impacts, working closely with integration and platform engineering teams. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, translate them into tech

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. What you'll do Lead the design, development, and operation of scalable, enterprise-grade AI/ML architectures and systems with a strong emphasis on reliability, availability, and performance. Lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving technical direction, code quality, and iterative delivery of large-scale solutions. Partner closely with data scientists, engineers, product teams, and compliance to integrate AI/ML solutions into existing and new products. Own the end-to-end lifecycle of GenAI services, including LLM inference, model serving, and proxy/gateway layers that support multiple downstream applications. Define and uphold engineering best practices around observability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency for AI/ML platforms. Evaluate tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance of AI/ML systems. Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI/ML technologies and methodologies, and translate them into pragmatic solutions for the business. Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices in AI/ML. What's required Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 10+ years of experience in software/AI/ML engineering, with a proven track record of successful delivery of complex, production-grade systems. Demonstrated experience building large-scale enterprise-grade services with high reliability, availability, and observability (SLO/SLA-driven en

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. WHAT YOU’LL DO • Build software used to support global trading across time zones • Work closely with business users to establish and refine requirements • Participate in identifying new technologies to continuously improve software systems • Implement DevOps practices within the team (GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins) • Provide production support to diagnose and resolve elevated application software production incidents and implement proactive remediation measures WHAT’S REQUIRED • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another technical/scientific field • Minimum 8 years object-oriented programming experience with C#/.NET • Significant experience working with / understanding databases - primarily MS SQL Server • Must have experience in writing automated tests, unit tests, Test-Driven Development • Knowledge of design/architecture patterns, distributed systems, microservices, observability and monitoring, and containerization (Docker) • Willingness to work as part of a distributed Dev Team - 3 time zones (USA, Poland, India) • Strong problem solving and analytical skills • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills • 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: • Health care benefits • Maternity, Adoption & related leave policies • Generous paternity and family care leave policies • Employee Assistance Prog

JOB TITLE P&L Reconciliation and Analysis Associate A CAREER WITH POINT72’S P&L RECONCILIATION AND ANALYSIS TEAM Point72’s Operations team supports all operational aspects of trade processing, reconciliation, financing, and reporting firmwide for all products, including equities, derivatives, bonds, foreign exchange and futures, and digital assets across global markets. WHAT YOU'LL DO Perform regular P&L reconciliations between front-office and back-office systems for the firm’s global portfolios. Partner with Middle Office, Back Office, and Valuations teams to investigate and resolve P&L breaks across all asset classes including equities, fixed income, and derivatives. Produce clear, accurate daily P&L variance reports and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders. Finalize portfolio manager P&L in our front-office systems based on thorough variance checks, calculations, and analyses to directly influence investment decisions, investor statements, and compensation processes. Respond to P&L inquiries from portfolio managers, traders, and investment services colleagues, providing fast, insightful answers. Drive process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance accuracy, control, speed, and efficiency in P&L reconciliation analysis. WHAT'S REQUIRED Finance/business/economics/mathematics or related background required 3+ years experience in product control or operations at a hedge fund or investment bank Knowledge of financial instruments – equity and derivatives Previous experience with business intelligence tools or process automation Superior problem solving and analytical skills Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment, with strong communication and interpersonal skills Previous experience with business intelligence tools or process automation – Alteryx, Python, AI or other related High attention to detail aimed at delivering a product that meets our best-in-class standa

JOB TITLE Observability Engineer 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 Design observability capabilities that give engineering teams clear insight into application health, platform performance, and issues affecting users Build scalable collection pipelines for metrics, logs, and traces across cloud-based and on-premises environments Develop actionable alerting standards that reduce noise, shorten incident response, and highlight the most important signals Partner with application and infrastructure teams to define service health indicators and improve operational readiness before production launches Automate monitoring configuration, dashboard deployment, and reliability checks to support consistent observability across the technology environment Analyze production incidents to identify telemetry gaps and improve detection, diagnosis, and recovery Create dashboards and reporting views that help teams understand trends, capacity risks, and reliability outcomes Establish practical observability