Lead Engineer C++ / Market Data (£100 -£120,000 + Bonus)

Lead Engineer/ Market Data Team Lead (Hands on) – C++ / Python

We’re supporting a Capital Markets FinTech hiring a Market Data Team Lead/ C++ Developer to build and optimise market data systems. You’ll work across high-performance data pipelines, cloud environments, and large-scale tick data storage, with a strong emphasis on C++ engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and optimise high-performance tick data pipelines using C++
• Remain hands on before stepping into managerial/ leadership position of small team of engineers
• Work with timeseries databases for fast storage and retrieval of market data.
• Use Parquet-based storage formats for efficient large-scale data handling.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define and deliver market-data requirements.
• Implement strong data-validation, monitoring, and reliability mechanisms.
• Continuously reduce latency and improve throughput for workflows.

Requirements

• 5+ years in software engineering, ideally within market data or trading systems.
• Strong skills in C++ (and Python is a plus).
• Experience with timeseries data pipelines.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud and containerised environments (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of exchange protocols
• Background in capital markets or trading systems beneficial.

£100-£120,000 base + bonus

2 days in London office per week

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