Software Developer – Internal Compute Frameworks (C++)

Squarepoint Capital · London

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Position Overview 

The Internal Compute Frameworks (ICF) team is building a cloud-like abstraction layer over the firm’s global infrastructure. Our platforms reduce the complexity and friction of low-level infrastructure for investment and technology teams, spanning compute orchestration, batch scheduling, service hosting and petabyte-scale storage. 

We are looking for an experienced C++ developer to design and build high-performance infrastructure, platforms and tooling. Depending on team needs and experience, the role may focus on compute, orchestration, services, storage or shared capabilities across the ICF ecosystem. 

What You’ll Do 

• Build and maintain scalable, production-grade C++ systems 

• Develop platforms for compute, workload orchestration, service hosting and large-scale storage 

• Create simple, consistent interfaces over complex global infrastructure 

• Design for performance, reliability, scalability and operability 

• Partner with investment and technology teams to shape and deliver solutions 

• Own systems from architecture and implementation through deployment and support 

• Diagnose complex software and distributed-systems issues 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field 

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience 

• Strong proficiency in C++ and Linux 

• Experience with microservices or asynchronous, multithreaded applications 

• Strong system design, debugging and problem-solving skills 

• Ability to own production systems in a fast-paced environment 

• Clear communication and confidence working directly with stakeholders 
• Experience building highly available distributed systems at scale 

Nice to Have 

• Knowledge of storage, scheduling, orchestration or service platforms 

• Familiarity with database internals, indexing, SQL or data formats such as Arrow, Parquet or Protocol Buffers 

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Slurm or cloud platforms 

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