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Senior Market Data Engineer

Understanding Recruitment

London

Remote

USD 100,000 - 120,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

A leading proprietary algorithmic trading firm is seeking a Senior Market Data Engineer to enhance their data systems, manage historical market data, and collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders. The position is fully remote with a competitive salary of $100,000-$120,000.

Benefits

Fully remote position - work from anywhere

Be part of an innovative trading firm

Competitive salary

Qualifications

Commercial experience with financial instruments and markets.
Strong programming skills in Python; Go/Rust is a plus.
Experience with data pipeline architecture for large datasets.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance data storage systems.
Build tools for access to historical data and optimize retrieval systems.
Develop scalable solutions for regulatory compliance and data integrity.

Skills

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Programming in Python

ETL Processes

Understanding Recruitment provided pay range

This range is provided by Understanding Recruitment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$100,000.00/yr - $120,000.00/yr

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Senior Market Data Engineer - Algorithmic Trading - Fully Remote

A proprietary algorithmic trading firm who manage the entire trading cycle from software development to strategy creation and algorithm coding are on the lookout for a Senior Market Data Engineer to join their team.

What will the role be doing?

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance data storage systems for capturing and managing large volumes of historical market data from multiple exchanges, brokers, and vendors with robust validation, cleansing, and normalisation processes
Build internal tools and integrations that provide research teams with easy access to historical data while collaborating with quantitative researchers and traders to optimise data retrieval systems for backtesting and strategy development
Develop scalable, cost-efficient solutions with sophisticated versioning and reconciliation capabilities that ensure regulatory compliance, data integrity, and efficient querying for growing data volumes

What are we looking for:

Commercial experience with financial instruments and markets (equities, futures, options, forex) and understanding of historical data usage in algorithmic trading
Familiarity with market data formats (MDP, ITCH, FIX, SWIFT, proprietary exchange APIs) and market data providers
Strong programming skills in Python (Go/Rust is a nice to have)
Experience with ETL processes and data pipeline architecture for cleaning, normalising, and validating large datasets
Commercial experience building and maintaining large-scale time series or historical market data systems in financial services
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail for ensuring data quality and reliability

What's in it for me:

Competitive salary of $100,000-$120,000
Fully remote position - work from anywhere
Be part of an innovative proprietary trading firm that values technical excellence

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting

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