- Company Name
- Two Sigma
- Job Title
- Software Engineering Full-Time Campus Hire - London
- Job Description
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Job Title: Software Engineer (Full-time Campus Hire)
Role Summary:
Software Engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high‑performance systems that support Two Sigma’s data analysis and trading operations. Works across distributed storage, cloud environments, model testing/deployment, trading execution, and data ingestion pipelines. Partners with corporate teams to develop productivity tools and ensures reliability of mission‑critical infrastructure.
Expectations:
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related quantitative field.
- Strong programming ability in Java, C, C++, Python, Ruby, or Perl (JVM target).
- Experience designing and operating large‑scale distributed systems.
- Demonstrated analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Passion for writing clean, high‑quality code and solving complex technical problems.
Key Responsibilities
- Build core infrastructure used by multiple engineering teams (distributed storage, cloud services).
- Develop and maintain high‑availability systems for primary trading platform.
- Create and support environments for model testing and deployment.
- Construct low‑latency, high‑performance execution pipelines for trading.
- Scale data ingestion from 10,000+ daily sources.
- Collaborate with corporate entities to design tools that increase organizational efficiency.
Required Skills
- Proficiency in Java, C, C++, Python, Ruby, or Perl (JVM).
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and storage.
- Experience with cloud platforms (public/private) and containerization.
- Familiarity with performance tuning, low‑latency programming, and system reliability.
- Ability to write clean, maintainable code and perform rigorous testing.
- Excellent communication and teamwork capabilities.
Required Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related technical field.
- No mandatory financial domain certification; generic professional certifications (e.g., AWS, GCP) are a plus but not required.