Trading Applications Specialist

Squarepoint; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in Houston is looking for a Trading Applications Specialist to ensure the reliability of trading services. You will support trading applications and manage incidents while working with a global team. Ideal candidates should have a degree in a relevant field and some experience in financial technology. The position offers opportunities for continuous learning and technology development.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline required.
• Up to 4 years of experience in a similar environment.
• Experience with trading-related technologies is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support reliability and stability of trading services.
• Manage incident responses and root cause elimination.
• Monitor applications and resolve post trade issues.

Skills

Linux

Python

Bash

Exceptional communication skills

Attention to detail

Critical thinking

Curiosity

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics or similar

Tools

kdb+/q

MSSQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

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As a Trading Applications Specialist at Squarepoint, you will work in a global team of exceptional technologists with the primary focus of ensuring reliability and stability of our trading services. You will develop a deep understanding of financial markets, combining this knowledge with strong technical skills to support systematic trading applications and other critical software.

You will step into a high responsibility role, taking ownership of incident management and root cause elimination through process improvements. Trading Applications Specialists drive continuous innovation via automation and optimisation of our daily workflows. In this role you will learn how we manage application outages and minimise their negative impact on our large-scale global trading operation.

Typical Day

• Carry out ready for business checks ahead of the start-of-day to ensure a smooth market open, resolving any failures
• Monitor trading applications and execution strategies, utilising our proprietary observability frameworks
• Carry out post trade checks and resolve reporting issues
• Leverage your critical thinking skills and manage outages that impact the trading environment, reducing production downtime
• Work on a wide range of projects, including onboarding of new applications, services and products into the production environment or developing tools and scripts to automate operational tasks

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics or a similar discipline
• Up to 4 years experience in a similar environment, buy or sell side
• Experience with Linux, Python, Bash
• Knowledge of at least one of the following asset classes: equities, fixed income, derivatives, etc
• Exceptional communication skills, attention to detail and ability to work within a global team
• Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us
• Curious and driven by the challenge of solving new problems

Additional

• Experience with either of: kdb+/q, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
• Experience working with the FIX protocol
• Understanding of TCP/IP concepts

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology