Junior Software Developer (C++)

Open Opportunities :: Squarepoint

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London, Montreal, Singapore Until 8/22/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 26, 2025 Last posted March 26, 2025
Job description

Please only apply to the one job you feel best fits your skillset and experience. If our team feels you are better suited for another role, we will reach out about the alternate opportunity.

Position Overview:

At Squarepoint we use C++ to build the majority of our low latency and high performance systems, which are directly responsible for executing the critical trading path. Your work in this domain will have a direct impact on our trading success: powering critical trading operations, serving low latency market data or providing crucial market connectivity access to our daily trading operations. You could be driving the design and implementation of trading frameworks, centralised services processing massive volumes of data, or other high-volume distributed applications at Squarepoint.

Whichever project you work on, you will be pushing the boundaries of high performance software, and growing your skills in a highly collegiate work environment.

Required Qualifications 

  • Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other degree with a heavy emphasis on software development,
  • Up to 4 years experience in a relevant role such as software or quant development, or similar
  • Experience with C++, git, and Linux
  • 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:

  • Degree with emphasis on low-level systems programming, high performance computing, or similar
  • Experience with any one of: KDB+/q, Python
  • Experience working in an investment or financial business is useful
About this role

Summary

Develop high-performance trading systems using C++, Linux, git, in a fast-paced environment.

Job title

Junior Software Developer (C++)

Experience level

up to 4 years

Industry

finance

Location requirements

London, Montreal, Singapore; no remote work mentioned

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++gitLinuxcommunication

Preferred skills

low-level systems programminghigh performance computingKDB+/qPython

Specializations

C++low latencyhigh performancedistributed applications
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

London, UK

On-site City

Montreal, QC, Canada

On-site City

Singapore

On-site City