Posted 27 months ago
Junior Platform Specialist
@ Squarepoint Capital
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Squarepoint Capital is hiring a Junior Platform Specialist to build and maintain automated platform solutions and services used across the firm, using DevOps methods. The work covers designing and monitoring platform infrastructure and automating everyday tasks with scripting and configuration management tools.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain automated platform solutions and services
- Design and monitor platform infrastructure
- Automate everyday tasks with scripting and configuration management
- Work with internal and external stakeholders
Requirements summary:
- Engineering, computer science or similar degree
- Up to 4 years in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering
- Experience with Python, git, Bash and Linux
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2024-08-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | IT |
| Experience | 4+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Engineering, Computer Science |
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Squarepoint Capital
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Full company description
Squarepoint is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
- LinkedIn followers
- 54,397
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,591
- Reported office locations
- 250 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019, US
- One Ropemaker Street, London, United Kingdom EC2Y9AW, GB
- 88 Market Street, Singapore, Singapore 048948, SG
- 1190 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3B0G7, CA
- 16 Avenue Matignon, Paris, France 75008, FR
- Quai du Mont Blanc 1, Geneva, Switzerland 1201, CH
- Baarerstrasse 53/55, Zug, Switzerland 6300, CH
- 18 Westlands Rd, Hong Kong, HK
- Intermediate Ring Road, Bangalore, 560071, IN
- Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, AE
- 845 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002, US
- Calle de Velázquez, 34, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28001, ES
- 201 W Brookline St, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, US
- Business categories
- Financial Services
- Other recorded names
- Squarepoint Capital
- Squarepoint
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Squarepoint is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 52 |
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Position Overview:
Platform Applications Specialists at Squarepoint play an important technical role in delivering mission-critical platform infrastructure using the DevOps methodology.
In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with internal and external stakeholders on building and maintaining automated platform solutions and services used across the firm. You will also be responsible for designing, monitoring, and platform infrastructure, and automating everyday tasks with scripting and configuration management tools.
If you’re looking for a challenging, fast-paced role where you can grow and learn from your peers, we encourage you to apply.
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar discipline,
- Up to 4 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles,
- Experience with Python, git, Bash and Linux,
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment,
- Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us.
Nice to have:
- Experience with modern software development tooling, such as Gitlab, Artifactory or Docker,
- Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management, such as Ansible and Terraform,
- Experience with HPC and orchestration technologies, such as Slurm or Kubernetes,
- Experience with Databases and Observability systems, such as Elasticsearch, Datadog, Prometheus, PostgreSQL.
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