Market Access Engineer — High-Performance Trading

QUANTEAM - North America (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group); New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

QUANTEAM - North America (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group) seeks a Market Access System Engineer to join its technology team and support a high-performance trading platform.

You will work on low-latency infrastructure, incident response, and collaborate with global teams to deploy new connectivity and market data capabilities.

This role involves exposure to U.S. equities markets, exchanges, and ECNs, with a focus on reliability and capacity planning.

Qualifications

• Experience with Unix/Linux administration and scripting.
• Solid networking fundamentals including TCP/IP and routing.
• Familiarity with Windows environments and task scheduling.
• Working knowledge of MySQL and basic SQL queries.
• Understanding of equity/derivatives products (Options, Futures, Warrants).
• Familiarity with U.S. financial markets and major exchanges.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve a high-throughput trading platform with low latency.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical incidents quickly to minimize disruption.
• Monitor health and performance; perform capacity planning to meet latency requirements.
• Support systems for order routing, market data feeds, pre-trade risk controls, and reporting.
• Provide direct technical support to U.S.-based traders across strategies.
• Coordinate with exchanges and venues to onboard new connectivity and services.
• Collaborate with global technology teams to deliver platform improvements.
• Contribute to design and rollout of new Market Access capabilities.

Skills

Unix/Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Windows environments

Databases (MySQL)

Equity and derivatives products

U.S. financial markets

Job description

QUANTEAM - North America (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group) seeks a Market Access System Engineer to join its technology team and support a high-performance trading platform.

You will work on low-latency infrastructure, incident response, and collaborate with global teams to deploy new connectivity and market data capabilities.

This role involves exposure to U.S. equities markets, exchanges, and ECNs, with a focus on reliability and capacity planning.