Market Access Platform Lead

quberesearchandtechnologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

QRT is seeking a Market Access Platform Lead to manage and develop the team responsible for the firm’s global market data platforms. You will combine people management, technical leadership and delivery ownership while collaborating with exchanges, vendors, traders and internal technology teams.

You will oversee reliability, data quality and scalability of market data pipelines, guide testing and observability, and drive improvements across capacity planning and deployment workflows.

Qualifications

• Proven experience directly managing a technical team with coaching and development.
• Strong experience supporting or engineering market access, market data or related production platforms in a trading environment.
• Hands-on Python or Bash development and scripting skills.
• Clear communication and judgement when working with traders, engineers and external providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers with clear objectives and regular feedback.
• Coach team members, support recruitment and onboarding, and promote technical ownership and knowledge sharing.
• Prioritise team capacity across production support, project delivery and platform improvements.
• Own reliability, data quality and scalability of market data pipelines (PCAP, PIDUMP, reference data).
• Provide technical direction and contribute to configuration, scripting, tooling and troubleshooting.
• Oversee infrastructure ownership, environment provisioning and capacity planning.
• Improve testing, post-deployment validation, observability and platform performance.
• Lead desk requests, exchanges and vendor upgrades and manage dependencies and risks.

Skills

People management

Market data platforms

Python Bash scripting

Communication with traders

Platform reliability

Tools

C++ development

Data ingestion

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Job description

QRT is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating across all liquid asset classes. We are a data- and technology-driven organisation applying scientific methods to investing. Our collaborative culture and focus on innovation enable us to solve complex challenges and deliver high-quality returns for our investors.

The Market Access Team builds and supports the systems connecting QRT with markets, brokers and data providers, enabling reliable trade execution and access to real-time market data.

Your future role within QRT

We are seeking a Market Access Platform Lead to manage and develop the team responsible for QRT's global market data platforms. You will combine people management, technical leadership and delivery ownership while working closely with exchanges, vendors, traders and internal technology teams. The role is expected to involve the following activities:

• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers through clear objectives, regular feedback, performance reviews and career development.
• Coach team members, support recruitment and onboarding, and promote technical ownership and knowledge sharing.
• Prioritise team capacity across production support, project delivery and platform improvements.
• Own the reliability, data quality and scalability of market data pipelines, including PCAP, PIDUMP and reference data.
• Provide technical direction and contribute to configuration, scripting, tooling and complex troubleshooting.
• Oversee infrastructure ownership, SIM/UAT environment provisioning and capacity planning.
• Improve testing, post-deployment validation, observability, automation and platform performance.
• Lead desk requests, exchange and vendor upgrades, and platform initiatives while managing dependencies, risks and stakeholder communication.

Your present skillset

• Proven experience directly managing a technical team, including coaching, performance management and professional development.
• Strong experience supporting or engineering market access, market data or comparable production platforms in a trading environment.
• Practical knowledge of financial markets, exchange data feeds and market data processing.
• Hands-on Python or Bash development and scripting skills.
• A track record of delivering technical projects and operational improvements across competing priorities and dependencies.
• Clear communication and sound judgement when working with traders, engineers, infrastructure teams and external providers.
• A proactive approach to ownership, attention to detail, reliable operations and clear documentation.

Desirable to have experience or a willingness to learn in the following areas

• C++ development, code changes and deployment workflows.
• Data or cloud engineering, including ingestion infrastructure and automated pipeline quality checks.
• Reliability engineering, DevOps, observability or performance tuning for latency-sensitive trading systems.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we offer initiatives and programmes to help employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.