Posted 26 months ago
Software Developer - Risk Technology
@ Squarepoint Capital
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Squarepoint Capital is hiring a software developer for its Risk Technology team, which builds the trading risk platform covering trade capture, position management, profit/loss and order routing. The role involves developing high-performance, resilient C++ systems on Linux as part of a new service-oriented architecture. The posting requires 4+ years of C++ Linux development experience and a related bachelor's degree.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build and maintain the trading risk platform
- Develop high-performance, resilient C++ systems on Linux
- Process and store high volumes of live and historical trading data
- Contribute to the new service-oriented architecture
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or related subject
- 4+ years of C++ Linux-based development experience
- Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Team player with excellent communication skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2024-09-30
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Software development |
| 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
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- People associated on LinkedIn
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- 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
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- 18 Westlands Rd, Hong Kong, HK
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- Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, AE
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- 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
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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:
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
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