Graduate Software Developer

Squarepoint Capital is recruiting for Graduate Software Developer in London, Montreal, Singapore. This listing was last seen on the firm's own job board on August 22, 2026.

A systematic fund with an engineering-heavy intake and a reputation for a long, technical process.

What sets Squarepoint Capital apart: Engineering intake larger than the research intake. Long process with many technical rounds. Broad strategy range across horizons and asset classes.

Related preparation: Quantitative Developer (QD) Career Roadmap, Quant Infrastructure Engineer Roadmap, Quantitative Data Engineer Career Roadmap and Algorithmic Trading Developer Career Roadmap.

The role, as Squarepoint Capital describes it, published on June 14, 2024 and reproduced from their job board:

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:

Squarepoint is seeking smart, self-driven and inquisitive individuals who want an opportunity to apply their advanced skills and knowledge in a challenging and innovative environment.

Projects within this role focus on developing and maintaining performance sensitive, reliable and scalable back-ends which are critical to our trading infrastructure. You will work alongside experienced colleagues, in small groups, to design and build the next generation of production grade trading and research software systems. Step into a career of continuous learning and development, surrounded by some of the most talented individuals in the industry, and grow your skills in a highly collegiate work environment.

When applying, you can indicate your preference for one or more of the following tracks. We will however work to ensure your role at Squarepoint is best suited to your skillset.

Python Development: Applications, services, and data driven systems

Projects within this track focus on developing and maintaining scalable services, full-stack web applications, and data processing algorithms, tools, and frameworks.

Build and maintain the core tooling, libraries, and frameworks we use for developing applications at Squarepoint,

Manage the software development lifecycle of libraries and frameworks used globally by our teams of technologists,

Contribute to data driven applications, pipelines, and systems used to feed predictive models in research and trading,

Build software products used worldwide by traders, researchers, data scientists, and other teams at Squarepoint to fuel our trading success.