Market Data Lead

Metabit; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Metabit in Hong Kong is looking for a Market Data Team Lead to drive the architecture and optimization of our market data infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, with over 5 years of experience in market data processing and strong proficiency in C++. You will lead a team, manage data workflows, and ensure data quality and reliability for trading decisions. Excellent communication and leadership skills are essential to align business objectives with data needs.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in C++ with high-performance computing experience.
• Familiarity with market data protocols and structures.
• Strong understanding of pcap data processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design and optimization of market data infrastructure.
• Ensure data processing timeliness and reliability.
• Establish relationships with data vendors for best data services.

Skills

C++ programming

Market data processing

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or Mathematics

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture design and optimization of the company's market data infrastructure to ensure efficiency and stability in data processing.
• Lead the market data team, develop project plans, manage data processing and distribution workflows, and ensure data timeliness and reliability.
• Develop and optimize high-performance data processing tools to handle high-precision market data from global exchanges and data vendors.
• Deeply understand the market data specifications and data structures of various exchanges to ensure system compatibility and accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with the trading team and research team to understand business requirements and provide optimized data solutions to support trading decisions.
• Establish and maintain relationships with major data vendors, evaluate data quality and costs, and ensure the company gets the best data services.
• Monitor the performance of market data systems and continuously improve and optimize to enhance processing speed and data quality.
• Manage team members' development, fostering their technical and business capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Proficiency in C++ programming, with extensive experience in high-performance computing and network data processing.
• Familiarity with market data protocols (such as ITCH, etc.) and data structures of major exchanges, and knowledge of different data vendors' products and services.
• In-depth understanding of pcap data processing and the ability to develop efficient data parsing and processing tools.
• Over 5 years of experience in market data processing within the quantitative trading industry, with a clear profit-driven mindset and strong business acumen.
• Strong team leadership skills with experience managing data teams and driving high performance under pressure.
• Excellent communication and cross-departmental collaboration skills to effectively align data needs with business objectives.