Software Developer - Risk Technology

Squarepointcapital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Squarepoint Capital is seeking engineers for Risk Technology, building and maintaining a high-performance trading risk platform responsible for trade capture, P&L, inventory management and internal routing. You will design, implement, and optimize services within a global, collaborative team.

The role emphasizes scalable, performant software development, with a focus on engineering excellence and modern architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 4+ years’ C++ Linux-based development experience.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Team player with excellent communication skills.

Skills

C++ development

Linux

Data structures & algorithms

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related subject

Tools

Kafka

AMPS

QPID

Python

Bash

Q/KDB

Job description

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