Software Developer - Risk Technology

Squarepointcapital; Greater London; On-site; NOK 882,000 - 1,260,000; Full time

Job summary

Squarepointcapital is seeking engineers for its Risk Technology team, building a high-performance trading risk platform for live and historical data processing. The role emphasizes scalable, service-oriented architecture and collaboration across a global team.

Candidates should have 4+ years of C++ on Linux, strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms, and excellent communication skills. Nice-to-have experience includes Kafka, AMPS, and Python tooling.

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.

Skills

C++

Linux

Data structures

Algorithms

Communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or CS

Tools

Kafka

AMPS

QPID

Python

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