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Squarepoint Capital LLP

Junior Software Developer (C++)

London, Montreal, Singapore Posted 2 months ago

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C++GitLinuxCommunicationPython

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About the role

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: At Squarepoint we use C++ to build the majority of our low latency and high performance systems, which are directly responsible for executing the critical trading path. Your work in this domain will have a direct impact on our trading success: powering critical trading operations, serving low latency market data or providing crucial market connectivity access to our daily trading operations. You could be driving the design and implementation of trading frameworks, centralised services processing massive volumes of data, or other high-volume distributed applications at Squarepoint. Whichever project you work on, you will be pushing the boundaries of high performance software, and growing your skills in a highly collegiate work environment. Required Qualifications : • Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other degree with a heavy emphasis on software development, • Up to 4 years experience in a relevant role such as software or quant development, or similar • Experience with C++, git, and Linux • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us • Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment Nice to Have: • Degree with emphasis on low-level systems programming, high performance computing, or similar • Experience with any one of: KDB+/q, Python • Experience working in an investment or financial business is useful

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