Squarepoint Capital
Posted 1y ago

Software Developer - Risk Technology

Squarepoint Capital
London or Montreal or Bangalore
HybridFull Time
Responsibilities
  • designs system
  • develops software
  • optimizes performance
Requirements
  • Bachelor's in engineering or computer science
  • 4+ years of C++ Linux development
  • Knowledge of data structures/algorithms
  • Strong teamwork and communication
Technical tools mentioned
C++LinuxKafkaAMPSQPIDPythonBashQ/KDB

Job description

Position Overview:

Risk Technology is a global team that designs, builds and maintains Squarepoint’s trading risk platform, which is responsible for trade capture, position management, profit/loss computation, inventory/locate management and internal order routing. These critical systems need to be performant, resilient, and capable of timely processing of high volumes of trading data in both live and historical scenarios, requiring solutions to process, propagate and store rapidly changing datasets efficiently. The Risk platform is undergoing significant investment to build a new service orientated architecture. We’re looking for talented engineers with a passion for software development who enjoy working in a dynamic, global and collaborative environment, with a strong focus on engineering excellence.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related subject.
  • 4+ years’ C++ Linux based development experience.
  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
  • Team player with excellent communication skills.

Nice to have:  

  • Experience with scalable large-scale / distributed systems / service-oriented architecture
  • Experience optimizing code for high performance applications
  • Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, AMPS, QPID)
  • Experience with Python, bash and/or Q/KDB

About Squarepoint Capital

Global quantitative investment firm specializing in automated trading strategies.

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