Founding Low-Latency Market Data Engineer

Hytech; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hytech is building a high-performance market making operation in Singapore and seeks a founding Low Latency Market Data Engineer. You will own the data layer from ingestion to real-time reference prices powering the quoting engine.

The role requires designing and maintaining feed handlers, building a real-time pricing model, and optimizing latency. Fluency in English (Mandarin a plus) and strong Linux/C++/Python skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8 years in market data engineering within live trading.
• Fluent in English; Mandarin a plus for stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production-grade feed handlers for institutional market data sources and crypto exchange APIs.
• Profile and reduce end-to-end feed-to-application latency through Linux tuning and NIC configuration.
• Implement automated feed health monitoring and alerting in real time.
• Collaborate with trading and infrastructure teams to translate pricing model requirements into robust feed infrastructure.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux performance

Market data engineering

Tools

LSEG/Refinitiv Elektron

Feed handler development

WebSocket feeds

Job description

Hytech is building a high-performance market making operation in Singapore and seeks a founding Low Latency Market Data Engineer. You will own the data layer from ingestion to real-time reference prices powering the quoting engine.

The role requires designing and maintaining feed handlers, building a real-time pricing model, and optimizing latency. Fluency in English (Mandarin a plus) and strong Linux/C++/Python skills are essential.