Trading Applications Specialist
| Company | Squarepoint Capital |
|---|---|
| Location | London, UK, Houston, TX, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $80000 – $80000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with either of: kdb+/q, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
- Experience working with the FIX protocol
- Understanding of TCP/IP concepts