or apply directly on Point72 's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Point72 's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 26% of Point72 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Point72
- high 225 stale, 0 reposted of 228 open
- Hiring momentum
- 281 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Point72 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Point72 .
About this role
As a System Engineer in the Linux Technology team at Point72, you will support and maintain Linux systems in both production and development environments. Your day-to-day responsibilities include troubleshooting, system provisioning, monitoring performance, and automating operational tasks. You will collaborate closely with developers and quants to ensure the smooth operation of research and trading workloads while participating in an on-call rotation as needed.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Point72 as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of professional experience administering Ubuntu Linux systems and ZFS
- Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals including processes, memory, CPU, filesystems, and networking as well as systemd, cron, logging, and package management (apt)
- Experience with shell scripting (Bash)
- Familiarity with SSH, DNS, TCP/IP networking
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Datadog)
What you get
- Health care benefits
- Maternity, Adoption & related leave policies
- Generous paternity and family care leave policies
- Employee Assistance Program & Mental wellness programs
- Transportation support
- Tuition assistance
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on Linux systems may limit exposure to other technologies
- On-call rotation may impact work-life balance
Summarised from Point72 's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Point72 on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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