C++ Market Data Engineer - McGregor Boyall

eFinancialCareers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 166,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

eFinancialCareers seeks a Manager, Market Data Engineering to lead the Data Technology team. You will own the next-generation market data platform, ingest streaming and historical data, and deliver fast, resilient real-time data to investment teams across geographies.

The role requires 8+ years of leadership in engineering, 5+ years with market data systems, and a track record of production-grade systems. A strong C++ background and APIs experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading engineering teams and 5+ years hands-on with market data systems.
• Experience delivering agile projects that span multiple asset classes.
• Proven production systems that stay up and scale in real time.
• Knowledge of Refinitiv or Bloomberg APIs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect next-generation market data platform ingesting streaming and historical data.
• Build real-time processing and derivation engines with low latency.
• Ship SDKs and interfaces for other teams to plug in derived data.
• Hire and mentor a team of developers and analysts.
• Own platform roadmap in collaboration with investment teams.

Skills

C++

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile delivery

Real-time systems

Tools

Refinitiv API

Bloomberg API

Job description

I'm working with a global multi-strategy hedge fund hiring a Manager, Market Data Engineering into their Data Technology team. The role owns the systems that capture, redistribute, derive and serve real-time and historical market data to investment teams across Equities, Macro, Commodities and Credit.

It's a build-and-lead role, not a maintenance one.

What's involved:

• Architecting the firm's next-generation market data platform, ingesting streaming and historical data from vendor consolidation platforms and internal APIs
• Building real-time processing and derivation engines (bars, NBBO) that need to be fast, resilient and recoverable
• Low latency C++ development
• Shipping SDKs and platform interfaces so specialist teams can plug in their own derived-data calculations
• Hiring and mentoring a team of developers and analysts
• Owning the platform roadmap directly with investment teams, translating what they need into production systems

Chicago, London or New York

US base range of USD 225,000 to 275,000, plus bonus and benefits

Who this suits:

• Someone with 8+ years leading engineering teams and 5+ years hands-on with market data systems. You've run agile delivery for real projects, supported research or execution workflows across more than one asset class, and have a track record of production systems that stay up. Experience with Refinitiv or Bloomberg APIs is a plus, as is any comparable enterprise market data stack.