Key Takeaways
- • Point72 has hired Goldman Sachs partner Faisal Shamsee as its chief infrastructure engineering officer, based in Singapore, according to eFinancialCareers citing his LinkedIn announcement.
- • Shamsee was most recently co-head of Singapore at Point72 and previously held senior engineering roles including head of core engineering for Asia Pacific.
- • Shamsee spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, starting as a systems administrator and rising to partner in 2022; he left Goldman in April.
- • He is the first Goldman partner to join Point72 since Ilya Gaysinskiy, who was hired as CTO in 2024, reflecting the fund's continued recruitment of Goldman technologists.
- • Citadel has also drawn Goldman technologists, but its most recent CTO hire, Matt Taddy from Amazon, was not a Goldman alumnus.
Summary
Point72, the hedge fund founded by Steve Cohen, has hired Goldman Sachs partner Faisal Shamsee as its chief infrastructure engineering officer, based in Singapore, according to eFinancialCareers, which cited Shamsee's announcement on LinkedIn. Shamsee was most recently co-head of Singapore at Point72 and previously held senior engineering roles, including head of core engineering for Asia Pacific.
Shamsee spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, beginning his career as a systems administrator before being promoted to partner in 2022. eFinancialCareers first reported his departure from Goldman in April, at which point his next destination was unclear.
The hire continues a pattern of Goldman technologists moving to Point72. Ilya Gaysinskiy, a Goldman partner, joined in 2024 as CTO. Last year, Point72 also recruited several of Goldman's former 'tech fellows,' including Rahul Garde, now head of platform infrastructure. Michael Fisher, an ex-strats managing director, joined as chief risk officer in 2024. According to the report, Shamsee is the first Goldman partner to join the fund since Gaysinskiy.
Citadel has been another frequent destination for Goldman's technology leaders. It hired Goldman CTO Umesh Subramanian in 2018 and Atte Lahtiranta in 2024 as successive CTOs. Subramanian left Citadel earlier this year, and his replacement was Amazon VP Matt Taddy, who joined last month rather than a Goldman executive.
Shamsee spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, beginning his career as a systems administrator before being promoted to partner in 2022. eFinancialCareers first reported his departure from Goldman in April, at which point his next destination was unclear.
The hire continues a pattern of Goldman technologists moving to Point72. Ilya Gaysinskiy, a Goldman partner, joined in 2024 as CTO. Last year, Point72 also recruited several of Goldman's former 'tech fellows,' including Rahul Garde, now head of platform infrastructure. Michael Fisher, an ex-strats managing director, joined as chief risk officer in 2024. According to the report, Shamsee is the first Goldman partner to join the fund since Gaysinskiy.
Citadel has been another frequent destination for Goldman's technology leaders. It hired Goldman CTO Umesh Subramanian in 2018 and Atte Lahtiranta in 2024 as successive CTOs. Subramanian left Citadel earlier this year, and his replacement was Amazon VP Matt Taddy, who joined last month rather than a Goldman executive.
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