Software Developer (KDB+/Q)

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Squarepoint is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for our clients. We have deep expertise in trading, technology and operations and attribute our success to rigorous scientific research. As a technology and data-driven firm, we design and build our own cutting-edge systems, from high performance trading platforms to large scale data analysis and compute farms. With offices around the globe, we emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning our investment, technology and operations teams functionally around the world.

Role Overview:

kdb+/q developers at Squarepoint work closely with researchers and traders to design, implement, test and maintain our service-oriented kdb+ architecture. As a kdb+/q developer, you will contribute to designing our model of reality, normalizing diverse datasets to generate it. You will also build robust, scalable infrastructure to expose data to users worldwide.

You will have a high degree of responsibility, owning key parts of the infrastructure and acting as level 2+ support for critical services during live trading.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM subject
• Up to 4 years experience in a relevant role using kdb+/q
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have:

• Experience designing, testing, optimizing and troubleshooting data intensive applications
• Experience analyzing and organizing financial data
• Experience with any of Python, C++, or Rust
• Experience with other database management systems and related technologies such as SQL