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Junior Quant Developer

London, ON

As a Quant Developer at Squarepoint you will work side-by-side with Quant Researchers and Traders ... Ability to work effectively with AI tools and systems, including demonstrable experience using them ...

Squarepoint Capital

Junior Risk Manager

New York, NY · On-site

$125K/yr

This is a unique opportunity to help further develop Squarepoint's discretionary trading business ... Financial Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science and Physics); advanced degree ...

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What is it like to work at Squarepoint Capital?

Squarepoint Capital is a global investment firm that values a collaborative and dynamic work environment, fostering a culture of innovation and teamwork among its employees. The company's structure is organized into various teams, including trading, research, and risk management, allowing for a diverse range of roles and opportunities for growth. Working at Squarepoint Capital may appeal to candidates seeking a challenging and fast-paced career in finance, with opportunities to contribute to the firm's mission of delivering exceptional investment returns to its clients.

What makes Squarepoint Capital an attractive place to work?

Squarepoint Capital is a leading global alternative investment firm known for its expertise in managing complex financial portfolios and navigating market volatility. The company fosters a dynamic work environment that encourages collaboration, innovation, and professional growth, with opportunities for employees to develop their skills and expertise in a fast-paced and challenging industry. By joining Squarepoint Capital, individuals can contribute to the firm's mission of delivering exceptional investment returns and gain valuable experience in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

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Platform ULL - Colo - Reliability

London, ON

Squarepoint Capital
Finance and Insurance • 1 - 5K employees
Learn more about Squarepoint Capitalexternal

CA$120K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Retirement

Re-posted 10 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Manage and support the low latency infrastructure across multiple global colocation sites, including monitoring, automation, and capacity management.

  • Troubleshoot hardware and software issues, respond to system incidents, and participate in on-call rotations.

  • Develop automated workflows and create self-healing systems to improve operational efficiency.

Job description

Position:  Colo LL Reliability Specialist  - Compute 

Business Area: Infrastructure 

Job Summary: 

Squarepoint is looking for a talented and highly motivated Ultra Low Latency Platform Engineer to provide solutions across Squarepoint's global colocation (COLOs) estate consisting of 400+ servers across 30 global sites. The candidate will be responsible for project delivery, support escalations, monitoring, automation, security, documentation, and capacity management for Squarepoint's low latency infrastructure. This will involve collaborating with our business partners, application owners, clients, vendors, and internal teams (SRE, Network, Application Support and Application Development, Quants, etc.) to deliver end to end solutions in a timely manner. 

  • Manage systems efficiently at scale through standardization, automation, testing, and in-depth monitoring
  • Enforce development standards for source control, testing, and continuous integration for infrastructure, OS, patches, and configuration management
  • Manage a distributed compute environment and multiple petabyte-scale storage systems
  • Install, manage, and monitor the Linux operating system (RHEL based)
  • Troubleshoot complex hardware and software issues throughout the Squarepoint technology stack
  • Create self-healing systems and automated recovery processes
  • Respond to system incidents and participate in on-call rotations
  • Conduct root cause analysis of incidents and outages
  • Reduce operational toil through the development of user-driven automated workflows
  • Work with business owners to regularly re-prioritize the book of work, while delivering both tactical and long-term objectives 

Required Qualifications: 

  • 5+ years of experienceworking with Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky preferred) in a large complex or niche environment with the following areas of focus: operations, systems engineering and systems performance.
  • Server Management and Support: HP, SuperMicro, Dell, various overclock servers.
  • Experience with Low latency network interfaces and kernel bypass (configuration and optimization): Solarflare with onload, Mellanox with VMA.
  • Experience with build and configuration management tools, specifically Chef or Ansible.
  • Experience with observability tools, specifically Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Highly motivated and a keen eye for scripting and automation in Python, Ruby, and Bash.
  • In depth knowledge of server network stack configuration, tuning and troubleshooting including TCP, UDP(unicast/multicast), NTP, PTP, wireshark/tshark
  • Strong communication: verbal and written.
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to tackle troubleshooting the unknown, glitches and the obscure.
  • Well-organized, proactive, resourceful, able to handle a fast-paced environment, question the status quo, accountable and possesses an ownership mindset.
  • Good understanding of trading venues such as Nasdaq, LSE, Euronext etc.
  • Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related experience. 

The minimum base salary for this role is $120,000 if located in New York.  This expectation is based on available information at the time of posting.  This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, which could constitute a significant portion of total compensation.  This role may also be eligible for benefits, such as health, dental, and other wellness plans, as well as 401(k) contributions.  Successful candidates' compensation and benefits will be determined in consideration of various factors.

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