Software Developer - Risk Technology

Squarepoint Capital; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial technology sector is seeking a talented Software Developer to join its Risk Technology team in London. The role involves developing and maintaining critical trading risk platforms, requiring expertise in C++ and Linux. Candidates should have a strong academic background and a passion for software engineering in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ C++ Linux based development experience.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent communication and team player skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the trading risk platform.
• Ensure high performance and resilience for processing trading data.
• Work within a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Skills

C++

Linux

Data structures and algorithms

Communication

Education

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

Tools

Python

Bash

Kafka

AMPS

Q/KDB

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Software Developer - Risk Technology, London

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Client:

Squarepoint Capital

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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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