Junior Software Developer (C++)

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, centralized 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 of experience in a relevant role such as software or quantitative 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