--- title: 'Junior Platform Specialist at Squarepoint Capital' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/junior-platform-specialist-squarepoint-capital-montreal-jjfj7zyrhdgy' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-10' --- # Junior Platform Specialist at Squarepoint Capital - **Company:** Squarepoint Capital - **Location:** Montreal, Canada / London, United Kingdom / Singapore / Warsaw, Poland / Houston, TX - **Posted:** 2024-08-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10 - **Apply:** https://www.squarepoint-capital.com/open-opportunities?id=6099903&gh_jid=6099903 ## Job description Position Overview: Platform Applications Specialists at Squarepoint play an important technical role in delivering mission-critical platform infrastructure using the DevOps methodology. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with internal and external stakeholders on building and maintaining automated platform solutions and services used across the firm. You will also be responsible for designing, monitoring, and  platform infrastructure, and automating everyday tasks with scripting and configuration management tools. If you’re looking for a challenging, fast-paced role where you can grow and learn from your peers, we encourage you to apply. Required Qualifications: - Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar discipline, - Up to 4 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles, - Experience with Python, git, Bash and Linux, - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, - Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment, - Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us. Nice to have: - Experience with modern software development tooling, such as Gitlab, Artifactory or Docker, - Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management, such as Ansible and Terraform, - Experience with HPC and orchestration technologies, such as Slurm or Kubernetes, - Experience with Databases and Observability systems, such as Elasticsearch, Datadog, Prometheus, PostgreSQL. ## About Squarepoint Capital ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Squarepoint Capital is a leading global quantitative investment manager that uses a rigorous scientific approach and state-of-the-art technology to construct diversified, systematic strategies for institutional clients. - **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed external funding; spun out from Barclays in 2014) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2014 (as an independent firm; the underlying business, nQuant, dates back to 2000 within Lehman Brothers and later Barclays) - **Founders**: Led by four founding partners (names not publicly disclosed); the original founders of nQuant continue to lead Squarepoint today. ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial Services – Quantitative Investment Management - **Target customers**: Institutional investors (B2B) - **Mission / Purpose**: “Achieving high quality returns for our clients” through a systematic, diversified, and research-driven investment platform. ## Products & Services - **Quantitative Investment Strategies**: A diversified portfolio of systematic strategies spanning multiple asset classes (equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities), trading frequencies (high-frequency to long-term), and global markets. The majority of investments are based on rigorous backtesting on historical data. - **Technology & Data Platform**: A custom, nimble, and forward-looking software stack that enables seamless integration between research and trading, executing millions of trades per day. Includes low-latency trading systems and a world-class data infrastructure. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue is not publicly disclosed (LinkedIn estimates ~$12M, but this likely underrepresents a firm of this scale; the figure should be treated with caution). The firm is privately held and does not report earnings. - **Notable Investors / Partners**: No external investors; the firm is privately held by its founding partners. Alumni frequently move to top quant funds and tech companies (e.g., Millennium, Citadel, Qube Research & Technologies, Google, Jump Trading). - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 33.9% year-over-year to approximately 1,801 employees (LinkedIn, 2025). The firm operates 17 offices across 8 countries and is actively hiring across technical, research, and finance roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep heritage**: The team’s quantitative roots trace back to 2000, with a proven track record through multiple market cycles. - **Scientific rigor**: A disciplined, research-first approach that relies on backtesting and systematic execution rather than discretionary bets. - **Scale and technology**: Executes millions of trades daily using a highly custom, low-latency platform developed in-house. - **Global diversification**: Strategies span asset classes, geographies, and trading frequencies, reducing reliance on any single market or style. - **Culture of ownership**: Privately held and led by its founding partners, fostering long-term thinking and accountability. ## Strategic Focus - **Diversification**: Continuously expanding into new asset classes, trading frequencies, and geographies. - **Technology investment**: Ongoing development of proprietary software and data infrastructure to maintain a competitive edge in research and execution. - **Talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring quantitative researchers, software engineers (C++, Python), platform engineers, and operations specialists across global offices. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Collaboration across teams, a flat structure with a strong sense of ownership and accountability, and a focus on intellectual curiosity. - **Work environment**: In-office for most roles (offices in New York, Boston, London, Paris, Singapore, Bangalore, etc.). Some roles offer a remote work program, but the majority require physical presence. - **Benefits**: Generous parental leave, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(K) matching, disability and life insurance, paid sick days, generous PTO, paid volunteer time, free snacks and drinks. Offices are designed for in-person collaboration. - **Engineering culture**: Technology is considered core to the business; engineers work closely with quantitative researchers to build and optimize trading systems. Emphasis on C++, Python, Kubernetes, and low-latency systems. - **Growth trajectory**: Rapid headcount growth and a global footprint offer opportunities for career advancement and international mobility. ## Sources 1. [squarepoint-capital.com](https://www.squarepoint-capital.com/) 2. [squarepoint-capital.com/about](https://squarepoint-capital.com/about) 3. [linkedin.com/company/squarepoint-capital](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/squarepoint-capital) 4. [builtin.com/company/squarepoint-capital](https://builtin.com/company/squarepoint-capital) 5. 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