Market Data Operations Specialist Derivatives & Automation

Referment; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment, working with a capital markets fintech, seeks a Market Data Operations Analyst to monitor the data generation processes behind its SaaS platform and safeguard data integrity for clients. You will work with clients, vendors and internal teams to maintain SLA-driven performance.

The role blends technical scripting with operational support, incident management and coordination across teams. A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience is expected, with willingness to work

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong Python skills for ad-hoc data analysis and automation.
• Proficiency in Excel; SQL is beneficial.
• Understanding of derivatives across asset classes (rates, commodities, credit, equities, FX).
• Excellent English communication; strong troubleshooting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement and run standard operating procedures for clients' market data operations.
• Perform daily monitoring and verification of market data deliveries across multiple clients, ensuring SLA compliance.
• Improve processes by optimising and automating manual checks.
• Respond to daily operational requests and market data queries from clients and internal groups.
• Monitor, triage and resolve technical and data-quality issues on data feeds; escalate as needed.
• Engage with vendors on market data availability, delivery and quality.
• Coordinate releases and production patch deployments with clients and support development teams on parallel runs.
• Act as incident manager for market data incidents, leading post-mortems and root cause analysis.
• Assist financial-institution clients with the market data API platform.

Skills

Python

Excel

SQL

English communication

Derivatives knowledge

Troubleshooting

Shift willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree from an engineering university or equivalent

Tools

Python

SQL

Excel

Job description

Referment, working with a capital markets fintech, seeks a Market Data Operations Analyst to monitor the data generation processes behind its SaaS platform and safeguard data integrity for clients. You will work with clients, vendors and internal teams to maintain SLA-driven performance.

The role blends technical scripting with operational support, incident management and coordination across teams. A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience is expected, with willingness to work