A leading global trading and digital markets firm is seeking a Head of Market Data Engineering to build and lead a next-generation market data function supporting both traditional and digital asset trading businesses.
This is a newly created leadership role with significant ownership across market data architecture, exchange connectivity, vendor strategy, and real-time trading infrastructure. The position sits at the intersection of trading, engineering, quantitative research, and infrastructure.
We are looking for a highly technical market data specialist with deep experience in low-latency environments and modern electronic trading systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the firm’s global market data strategy across multiple asset classes
- Design and oversee scalable, low-latency market data architecture
- Manage real-time feed ingestion, normalization, symbology mapping, and distribution systems
- Lead direct exchange connectivity initiatives across centralized and electronic trading venues
- Partner with engineering teams on feed handlers, APIs, streaming platforms, and cloud/on-prem infrastructure
- Build frameworks for data quality monitoring, resiliency, latency benchmarking, and governance
- Own vendor relationships, licensing, commercial negotiations, and market data cost optimization
- Support trading, quant, and risk teams with reliable high-performance data solutions
- Build and lead a high-performing technical market data team
Required Experience
- 10+ years’ experience in market data within a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, exchange, broker, or institutional trading environment
- Strong understanding of low-latency market data systems and electronic trading infrastructure
- Deep knowledge of real-time market data feeds, APIs, and streaming technologies
- Experience with feed handlers, order book data, reference data, and historical datasets
- Strong understanding of market structure across asset classes including futures, equities, FX, options, and/or digital assets
- Experience managing market data vendors, exchange licensing, and commercial agreements
- Proven ability to work closely with engineering, trading, and quantitative research teams
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