Posted 76 months ago
Trade Flow Support - Trading Application Support
@ Squarepoint Capital
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Squarepoint Capital is hiring a full-time Trade Flow Support engineer to keep its global trading platform ready before and after trades. The role monitors end-to-end transaction flow, handles incidents and scheduled changes, and works closely with brokers, exchanges and internal teams. A New York minimum base salary of $100,000 applies, plus possible discretionary bonus and benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor end-to-end transaction flow across the trading platform
- Identify, analyze and correct alerts and issues, escalating when needed
- Create and send incident reports following established process
- Support scheduled deployments, network changes and server maintenance
- Manage user requests from tracking through closure
Requirements summary:
- Hands-on trade flow support experience
- Proficient in Linux with Bash and Python or Perl
- Detailed knowledge of FIX protocol
- Experience with SQL databases
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2020-08-17
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Department | Business operations |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Performance bonus, Wellness |
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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.
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- 250 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019, US
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- 1190 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3B0G7, CA
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- Business categories
- Financial Services
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- 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:
- Manage global trading platform readiness: pre-trading & post-trading
- Provide monitoring and support for end to end transaction flow across the trading platform
- Quickly identify, analyze and correct alerts & issues and/or escalate to minimize trade flow impact and preempt outages
- Incident management: create and send reports following established process
- Intensive interaction with trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development and infrastructure teams
- Support scheduled changes: application deployments, network implementations and server maintenance
- Oversee automated processes, scheduled jobs and regular reports
- Manage users’ requests: track requests, review approvals, updates, resolution, closure, etc.
- Identify inefficiencies such as repetitive activities, manual processes and suboptimum tools/workflows to drive continuous improvements via automation, collaboration with internal and external teams
Required Qualifications:
- Hands on trade flow support experience a must
- Proficient in Linux OS
- Proficiency with Bash and a scripting language such as Python or Perl required
- Detailed practical knowledge of FIX. Ideally, familiarity with native exchange protocols
- Experience in SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL)
- Familiarity with Kdb+ is a plus
- Working knowledge with TCP/IP, multicast, tcpdump, clocking (PTP, NTP) – a plus
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject
- Highly organized, detailed, control oriented, enjoys solving problems and brings in a "take charge" attitude
- Strong verbal/written communication skills required to support daily interaction with brokers, exchanges, and internal teams
- Self-motivated individual that takes initiatives and has an ownership & accountability mindset
- Must show the ability to make quick decisions and establish priorities in a multi-tasking & fast-paced environment
- Experience with the Atlassian stack (JIRA, Service Desk, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo), Elastic Stack and Nagios
- Knowledge of ITIL is an advantage
The minimum base salary for this role is $100,000 if located in New York. This expectation is based on available information at the time of posting. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, which could constitute a significant portion of total compensation. This role may also be eligible for benefits, such as health, dental, and other wellness plans, as well as 401(k) contributions. Successful candidates’ compensation and benefits will be determined in consideration of various factors.
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