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Waterfront International is a Toronto-based quantitative finance research firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional experience. Join our team developing and administering leading edge, non-stop, global 24x7 financial trading systems. We develop real-time trading applications utilizing the latest hardware running Linux OS. You will work with a small but demanding group of technical and non-technical users. Our growing team seeks a talented C/C++/Linux X Window programmer to work on components of our trading systems – enhancing the existing systems, developing real-time GUI displays and directly supporting technical and non-technical users. Primary Responsibilities: Work with distributed multithreaded systems with a strong emphasis on performance and latency. Develop real-time, X Window GUI displays for financial trading systems

Waterfront International is a Toronto-based financial quantitative finance research firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional experience. Primary Responsibilities: Testing and implementing real time quantitative trading models using Unix, C/C++, Sybase, Splus, SAS, Tibco, and other various third party technologies. Requirements of the Candidate include: Must possess 3+ years of professional C/C++ programming experience. Masters or PhD in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science or another Quantitative field. Experience building large scale computation systems. Experience implementing real time quantitative models. Ability to work in a dynamic fast paced environment. Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently. Waterfront International Email: recruiting@wil.com

Waterfront International is a Toronto-based quantitative finance research firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies.Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional experience. Primary Responsibilities The successful candidate will design and develop distributed, multithreaded systems focusing on high performance and low latency. Requirements of the Candidate include: 5+ years of professional C/C++/UNIX programming (experience in finance industry preferred). Solid background in developing low latency, multithreaded and high performance systems. Experience with FIX engines and electronic trading platforms in liquid financial markets is a plus. Proven understanding of design patterns, object oriented design, distributed systems and software architecture. Solid understanding of Messaging Middleware concepts, usage and application. Experience in TCP/IP networking, sockets programm

If you are a solid Computer Scientist or Software Engineer who wants to solve problems related to big data / large-scale distributed systems and also help build a multi-billion dollar business, then please keep reading. Twitter’s Revenue (ads) engineering team is like a startup within a larger startup, and is expanding rapidly. This is the team which is responsible for monetizing Twitter by showing highly relevant ads to users. We are looking for solid Software Engineers and Data Scientists. The team currently has dozens of bright minds from the top schools (Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, IITs, etc.). We work on real-time serving systems and also big data technologies (like HDFS, Hadoop). We aggressively use and contribute to open-source systems. An example is Scalding, which is a framework for writing Hadoop jobs in Scala - which was open-sourced by this team. For more information on the opportunity, please send an email with your resume to shariq+c@twitter.com

Lifetouch Photography, located on campus in the SLC, is currently taking graduation portraits to appear in the CS Class of 2014 composite.  You may have seen class photos from previous graduating classes displayed in the halls of your department.  This email applies to all students who plan to complete their degrees in either December 2013, April 2014 OR August 2014.  If you are off campus this Fall Term, Spring Term is your chance to have grad photos taken!!     You can see our website to book your graduation portrait appointment; www.lifetouch.ca/waterloo    Please direct any questions to Rebecca at waterlooquestions@lifetouch.com or 519-888-4567 ext. 37539.   We hope to see you soon! Rebecca Wagner       Lifetouch Photography Student Life Centre The University of Waterloo 519-888-4567 Ext. 37539  www.lifetouch.ca/waterloo   

WiSTEM is a student-run club aiming to give students a place to share their interest in this gender topic. In general, it seeks to promote the participation of women in underrepresented fields. The club is open to anyone regardless of gender, age, or educational background. Our focus is on how we can foster an inclusive community for everyone studying and working in STEM. If you're interested in making Waterloo a more open environment for everyone, you'll be interested in coming to this meeting. WHEN: Thursday June 13, 5:30pm WHERE: QNC 4402 FACEBOOK event (https://www.facebook.com/events/134621236740634/) We'll have food and refreshments to share as we talk about our initiative and hear your thoughts. Please send questions and comments to wistem.uw@gmail.com. We hope to see you there! -The WiSTEM Team

Location : Waterloo, ON About the Role: In this role, you will be required to work closely with both the QA and Development teams for test case creation and execution. You will also be involved in code reviews and test case automation. Key Responsibilities: Work as a QA (Test) Engineer by closely collaborating with Testing, Performance and Development teams Genuine interest to come up with innovative ways to test/break the software and find issues which otherwise customer may find later Genuine interest to come up with innovative ways to test/break the software and find issues which otherwise customer may find later Design, Develop and Maintain Test Plan and Test Cases Design, Develop and Maintain Test Plan and Test Cases Estimate, plan and implement QA schedules with the help QA Manager and the QA team Estimate, plan and implement QA schedules with the help QA Manager and the QA team Participate and Contribute in Code Reviews with the Development team Pa

Hi everyone, The CMS Student Committee (Studc) would like to invite you to submit an article for the next edition of   Notes from the Margin , which is due to come out in Fall 2013 . We are accepting opinion pieces , math-related stories , puzzles and riddles as well as concise research-related articles . The Margin a semi-annual publication whose articles are intended for a wide audience and should be accessible to all the people in the mathematical community starting from the second/third year undergraduates. It is delivered electronically to virtually all the Canadian undergraduate and graduate math students. In addition, the hard copies of the Margin are sent to the math departments of all the Canadian universities.

You are invited to a Graduate Studies Info Reception: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:00 – 7:30 pm E5, Student Design Centre Hear from Raymond Legge, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in Engineering, and Susan Tighe, Canada Research Chair, about the benefits of a graduate studies degree and how engineering research impacts world change. You will be able to speak with admissions experts, faculty members, and current graduate students from each department. This is your opportunity to ask questions, meet potential supervisors, and learn about research happening here at Waterloo that is improving the world around us. Food and beverages will be provided. All undergrads are welcome! Find out more!

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