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# Software Developer - Risk Technology

- **Company:** Squarepoint Capital
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Data Structures, Linux, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Enterprise Messaging Systems, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2933528074-2

## About the Role

Position Overview:Risk Technology is a global team that designs, builds and maintains Squarepoint's trading risk platform, which is responsible for trade capture, position management, profit/loss computation, inventory/locate management and internal order routing. These critical systems need to be performant, resilient, and capable of timely processing of high volumes of trading data in both live and historical scenarios, requiring solutions to process, propagate and store rapidly changing datasets efficiently. The Risk platform is undergoing significant investment to build a new service orientated architecture. We're looking for talented engineers with a passion for software development who enjoy working in a dynamic, global and collaborative environment, with a strong focus on engineering excellence.Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related subject.4+ years' C++ Linux based development experience.Knowledge of data structures and
algorithms.Team player with excellent communication skills.Nice to have: Experience with scalable large-scale / distributed systems / service-oriented architectureExperience optimizing code for high performance applicationsExperience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, AMPS, QPID)Experience with Python, bash and/or Q/KDB



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