Trading Systems Reliability Engineer

Risk Hub; Greater London; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Squarepoint is seeking a Trading Applications Specialist to join a global team of exceptional technologists focused on the reliability and stability of trading services. You will develop deep financial-market knowledge and combine it with strong technical skills to support systematic trading applications and other critical software.

In this high-responsibility role you will own incident management and root-cause analysis, driving automation and continuous improvement of daily workflows.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, mechanical engineering, mathematics or related field.
• Up to 4 years experience in a similar environment, buy or sell side.
• Experience with Linux, Python, Bash.
• Knowledge of at least one asset class: equities, fixed income, derivatives.
• Exceptional communication, attention to detail, global team work.
• Eager to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us.
• Curious and driven by solving new problems.

Responsibilities

• Carry out ready-for-business checks ahead of market open.
• Monitor trading applications and execution strategies with observability frameworks.
• Carry out post-trade checks and resolve reporting issues.
• Manage outages to reduce production downtime.
• Work on projects like onboarding new applications and automating tasks.

Skills

Linux

Python

Bash

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics or similar

Tools

kdb+/q

MSSQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Squarepoint is seeking a Trading Applications Specialist to join a global team of exceptional technologists focused on the reliability and stability of trading services. You will develop deep financial-market knowledge and combine it with strong technical skills to support systematic trading applications and other critical software.

In this high-responsibility role you will own incident management and root-cause analysis, driving automation and continuous improvement of daily workflows.