Market Data Specialist (Product Owner, Core Databases) (m/f/d)

Infront; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Health & wellness

Holiday entitlement

Remote work

Learning & development

Culture & impact

Our offices

Resumo da vaga

Infront is seeking a Market Data Specialist to own the Core Databases and bridge business needs with technical specifications. You will write precise data specifications, manage the product backlog, and coordinate with data providers, developers, and internal stakeholders to shape data content and delivery.

You will act as the primary contact for the Core Data API squad, ensuring data quality and clear guidance on content modeling, standards, and deployment priorities.

Qualificações

• Experience writing technical or functional specifications for developers.
• Experience with product ownership or backlog management (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to query and validate data (e.g., SQL).
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work with technical teams and translate between business and technical language.

Responsabilidades

• Act as Product Owner for the Core Databases team and prioritize tasks from content teams.
• Maintain the backlog and communicate priorities and rationale to the team and stakeholders.
• Serve as the first point of contact for content questions from the Core Data API (CDAPI) squad.
• Write clear, detailed specifications for developers to integrate and adjust content from data providers.
• Research data topics and document coverage findings for reuse across teams.
• Provide second-level support and investigate data-related bugs.

Conhecimentos

Data ownership

Data modeling

Technical specifications

Backlog management

SQL queries

English communication

Business-technical translation

Descrição da vaga

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Market Data Specialist (Product Owner, Core Databases) (m/f/d)

Job title

Market Data Specialist (Product Owner, Core Databases) (m/f/d)

About Infront

At Infront, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, recognizing our diverse team as one of our most valuable assets.

For 25 years, Infront has been empowering financial market experts to make faster, smarter, compliant decisions. Over time, we have expanded our foundation by bringing together companies with more than 75 years of combined market experience and trust. All these years on, we're still building. Opening our new Madrid office this summer marks an exciting next chapter, and we're growing our team in order to write it.

Our strength lies in market data, delivering reliable, accurate information through a powerful suite of tools, spanning Data Intelligence, Wealth Management solutions, and Trading & Investor solutions, that our users depend on every day. Today, we are one of Europe's leading providers of market data and financial software, helping professionals navigate markets with confidence and speed.

About the Role

Do you enjoy working with data, solving complex challenges, and turning business needs into practical technical solutions? Are you someone who likes taking ownership, connecting the dots between different teams, and shaping how data is structured and delivered?

We're looking for a Market Data Specialist to join our Market Data team, combining market data expertise, product ownership, and technical specification work.

In this role, you'll take the lead as Product Owner of our Core Databases team and act as the primary content contact for the Core Data API (CDAPI) squad. The Core Database is the central hub for all reference, historical, and non-streaming data across the company.

You'll work at the intersection of data providers, developers, and internal stakeholders. From shaping our data content and defining how it is structured to deciding what gets built next, you'll play a key role in making sure our data meets business needs and that teams across the company understand what we offer.

This is a role for someone who enjoys combining analytical thinking, technical understanding, and a strong sense of ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership: Core Databases

• Act as Product Owner for the Core Databases team


• Prioritize tasks raised by the content teams


• Prioritize technical tasks from the Squad Lead together with the Squad Lead


• Maintain the backlog and communicate priorities and rationale to the team and stakeholders

Core Data API Squad

• Serve as the first and direct point of contact (POC) for content questions from the Core Data API (CDAPI) squad
  
  
  
  • Answer content questions, with a particular focus on how content looks in the Core Database
  
  
  • Note: this POC role covers content questions only, not general internal technical questions
  
  
  
  

Market Data & Specifications

• Write clear, detailed specifications for developers, especially in the Core Databases team, to integrate and adjust new content from data providers
  
  
  
  • Analyze new content from providers and define how it should be mapped, modeled, and maintained
  
  
  • Ensure specifications are complete, testable, and aligned with the business need
  
  
  
  

Data Research & Coverage Analysis

• Research data topics across the company


• Answer questions from Product, Tech, Customer Support, Sales, and Consulting on data availability, such as: Do we cover this data? How much of it do we cover? Since when? With what quality?
  
  
  
  • Document coverage findings in a way that is reusable for other teams
  
  
  
  

Second-Level Support

• Take part in second-level support together with the team


• Investigate data-related bugs and escalations


• Request bug fixes from development teams


• Perform manual data corrections and fixes when required

Provider Management

• Maintain day-to-day contact with data providers


• Coordinate onboarding, content changes, issues, and questions with providers

Who you are

Requirements

• Solid experience working with financial, market, or reference data (or comparable structured data domains)


• Understanding of data modeling concepts, such as entities, identifiers, historical data, and data quality
  
  
  
  • Experience writing technical or functional specifications for developers
  
  
  • Experience with product ownership or backlog management (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar)
  
  
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to query and validate data (e.g., SQL)
  
  
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
  
  
  • Ability to work with technical teams and translate between business and technical language
  
  
  
  

Nice-to-Have

• Experience as a Product Owner or in a comparable role for data products or APIs


• Familiarity with APIs and how data is delivered to consumers


• Experience working directly with data vendors or content providers


• Experience in second-level support or incident handling for data products


• Knowledge of market data types (reference, historical, non-streaming, real-time)

Personal Skills

• Structured and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership


• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders with competing priorities


• Proactive in researching and answering questions independently


• Pragmatic problem solver who balances speed and data quality


• Core Databases team: Product owner and specification partner


• Core Data API squad: Primary content contact (POC for content questions)


• Squad Lead: Joint prioritization of technical tasks


• Product, Tech, Customer Support, Sales, Consulting: Data coverage and content questions


• Data providers: Day-to-day operational and content contact


• Market Data team: Day-to-day collaboration on content and support

Our offer

Health & wellness: Benefit from wellbeing initiatives tailored to local needs, including access to an employee assistance programme that provides confidential support to employees and their families.

Holiday: Enjoy competitive holiday entitlement aligned with local markets, so you can rest and recharge.

Remote work: Enjoy the opportunity to work one day a week from home, with flexible working hours where possible. You may also request to work up to four weeks per year from a different location.

Learning & development: Support your career progression with access to learning resources, ongoing conversations with your manager, and opportunities to share the knowledge you gain with your team.

Culture & impact: Be part of an international team with a startup mindset and play a key role in making a meaningful impact.

Our offices: Work from Europe’s leading financial centres and be at the heart of where finance happens.

All candidates selected for employment are subject to Pre-Employment Screening. This process includes professional reference and background checks conducted by our third-party partner, ZINC. These screenings are part of our commitment to ensuring a secure, compliant, and trustworthy workplace.

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