Department: Application Engineering
Position Overview: Platform Applications Specialists (PAS) at Squarepoint play a crucial role in delivering and maintaining mission-critical platform infrastructure using the DevOps methodology. As part of the DevTools team, you will work with internal and external stakeholders to build and maintain development tooling services used across the firm.
Required Qualifications:
- Required Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong experience with software development (e.g., Python, Git).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
- Experience with system administration (e.g., Bash, Linux, Containerization).
- Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef).
- Knowledge of orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
Nice to have:
- Experience with on-premise deployments of version control systems (e.g., GitLab, GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket).
- Experience with on-premise deployments of repository managers (e.g., Artifactory, JFrog, Nexus).
- Experience with on-premise deployments of developer platforms (e.g., JupyterHub, GitPod).
- Experience with advanced software engineering concepts and API development
- Experience with build and release systems, including publication, replication, distribution, and lifecycle management of packages and artifacts.
The minimum base salary for this role is $80,000 if located in New York. This expectation is based on available information at the time of posting. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, which could constitute a significant portion of total compensation. This role may also be eligible for benefits, such as health, dental, and other wellness plans, as well as 401(k) contributions. Successful candidates’ compensation and benefits will be determined in consideration of various factors.
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Squarepoint Capital is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.





