Software Developer - Market Access
at Squarepoint Capital
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Join as a Market Access Developer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining high-performance, low-latency C++ applications for electronic trading, including order routing and market data processing across exchanges. You will collaborate with trading and technology teams to design and optimize Order Gateways and Market Data solutions, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. The role includes hands-on development, design and code reviews, and driving best practices across the software lifecycle, with mentoring and knowledge sharing. It also covers production support, debugging, and ensuring system uptime.
Position Overview:
As a Market Access Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining high-performance, low-latency C++ applications for electronic trading, including order routing and market data processing across various exchanges using specialized protocols.
We are seeking a talented software developer with a passion for tackling complex engineering challenges in high-performance environments. This position offers opportunities for technical advancement, leadership, mentoring, and ownership of impactful projects.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with trading teams, and other technology groups to gather requirements and deliver effective solutions.
- Design, implement, test, and optimize sophisticated market access components such as Order Gateways and Market Data solutions.
- Drive hands-on development and ensure reliability, scalability, and performance in all deliverables.
- Contribute to design reviews, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
- Promote and enforce best practices throughout the software lifecycle to ensure maintainability and operational excellence.
- Integrate comprehensive testing and validation to maintain system robustness and uptime.
- Provide Level 2 support and troubleshooting production systems and ensuring service availability.
- Mentor team members and actively participate in knowledge sharing to foster a culture of technical growth and collaboration.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience building software solutions in mission-critical environments.
- Advanced expertise in C++ programming within Linux environments.
- Solid foundation in networking, multithreaded programming, and data structure optimization.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; proven experience collaborating in distributed teams.
- Experienced in designing and delivering high-quality software using modern development practices, including version control and automated testing.
- Proven skills in Python for scripting and automation.
Preferred Experience:
- Involvement in development of low-latency, high-throughput trading systems.
- Familiarity with exchange/broker connectivity protocols and financial data formats.
- Exposure to Market Access technologies for Equities, Derivatives, and other asset classes.
- Additional scripting or automation language proficiency.

