Position Overview

As a Reliability Software Engineer in the Data team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the performance, stability, and availability of Squarepoint's data ecosystem. The team's mandate spans maintaining critical data pipelines, automating operational workflows, managing infrastructure, and building tools focused on observability, regression prevention, and self-serve automation. The team also serves as a key operational hub within Data Development, handling everything from incident triage to active resolution, making this a high-responsibility role that demands robust engineering skills, sharp analytical thinking, and a deep sense of ownership.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

Automation Systems: Build and improve automation that streamlines operational tasks and workflows

Infrastructure Management: Keep Data Development infrastructure healthy via monitoring, observability, and maintenance

Reliability Engineering: Own deployments, support users, lead incident resolution, and plan capacity/performance

Data Pipelines: Build and monitor production pipelines, onboarding data trials and loading Timeseries for research and trading

Operations Responsibilities

Incident Management:



Perform root cause analyses and drive remedial actions

Day-to-Day Operations: Handle production deployments, config changes, and user requests

Key Engineering Initiatives

Observability: Health monitoring platform with configurable monitors and custom checks

Deployment Automation: Platform for scheduling, orchestrating, and validating safe production rollouts

Self-Serve Automation: Jira-driven platform that applies operational changes after approvals

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject

Experience: 4+ years of proven experience in Software Engineering, Software Reliability, or a similar role

Python: Two or more years of hands-on experience programming in Python

Linux: Proficiency with the Linux command line

Databases: Knowledge of relational databases, primarily PostgreSQL

Tools: Familiarity with Git, Consul, Grafana, Kibana, and cloud platforms such as Google Cloud or AWS

Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills for working effectively within a global team

Mindset: Proactive, detail-oriented, and self-driven with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

📌 Software Developer - Data Reliability (Montreal)
🏢 Squarepoint Capital
📍 Montreal