Posted 27 months ago
Trading Applications Specialist
@ Squarepoint Capital
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Squarepoint Capital is hiring a Trading Applications Specialist to keep its trading services reliable and stable. The role covers start-of-day readiness checks, monitoring trading applications, post-trade checks, incident management and automation of operational tasks. The posting gives a minimum base salary of $100,000 for New York locations and notes possible discretionary bonuses and benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Run ready-for-business checks before the start of day
- Monitor trading applications and execution strategies
- Carry out post-trade checks and resolve reporting issues
- Manage outages and reduce production downtime
- Automate operational tasks with tools and scripts
Requirements summary:
- Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or similar
- Up to 4 years in a trading or financial environment
- Experience with Linux, Python and Bash
- Knowledge of at least one asset class such as equities or derivatives
- Strong communication and attention to detail
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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 |
| 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, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics |
| 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
- 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
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- Quai du Mont Blanc 1, Geneva, Switzerland 1201, CH
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- 18 Westlands Rd, Hong Kong, HK
- Intermediate Ring Road, Bangalore, 560071, IN
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- 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
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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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Please only apply to the one job you feel best fits your skillset and experience. If our team feels you are better suited for another role, we will reach out about the alternate opportunity.
Position Overview:
As a Trading Applications Specialist at Squarepoint, you will work in a global team of exceptional technologists with the primary focus of ensuring reliability and stability of our trading services. You will develop a deep understanding of financial markets, combining this knowledge with strong technical skills to support systematic trading applications and other critical software.
You will step into a high responsibility role, taking ownership of incident management and root cause elimination through process improvements. Trading Applications Specialists drive continuous innovation via automation and optimisation of our daily workflows. In this role you will learn how we manage application outages and minimise their negative impact on our large-scale global trading operation.
Typical Day:
- Carry out ready for business checks ahead of the 'start-of-day' to ensure a smooth market open, resolving any failures.
- Monitor trading applications and execution strategies, utilising our proprietary observability frameworks.
- Carry out post trade checks and resolve reporting issues.
- Leverage your critical thinking skills and manage outages that impact the trading environment, reducing production downtime.
- Work on a wide range of projects, including: onboarding of new applications, services and products into the production environment or developing tools and scripts to automate operational tasks.
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics or a similar discipline
- Up to 4 years experience in a similar environment, buy or sell side
- Experience with Linux, Python, Bash
- Knowledge of at least one of the following asset classes: equities, fixed income, derivatives, etc.
- Exceptional communication skills, attention to detail and ability to work within a global team
- Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us
- Curious and driven by the challenge of solving new problems.
Additional:
- Experience with either of: kdb+/q, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
- Experience working with the FIX protocol
- Understanding of TCP/IP concepts
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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