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 solid 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 protected 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 solid sense of ownership and accountability

📌 Software Developer Montreal
🏢 Squarepoint Capital
📍 Montreal