Senior C++ Market Data Engineer
A global multi‑strategy investment firm is growing its U.S. market data engineering organization and is hiring a Senior C++ Market Data Engineer to help architect and build next‑generation real‑time data infrastructure powering quantitative and discretionary trading.
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience developing real‑time market data systems in production environments
- Expert‑level proficiency in modern C++ (14/17/20) for low‑latency, high‑throughput applications
- Strong experience implementing and optimizing feed handlers for major global exchanges and vendor feeds
- Deep understanding of exchange protocols such as ITCH, OUCH, FIX/FAST, and similar direct‑feed standards
- Strong knowledge of network transport (TCP/UDP/multicast) and messaging technologies (Aeron, ZeroMQ, Kafka)
- Experience designing and supporting distributed data platforms with large user bases
- Strong Python skills for APIs, analytics integration, and data pipelines
- Expertise in concurrency, memory management, CPU affinity, and NUMA‑aware optimization
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Responsibilities:
- Design and enhance a high‑performance real‑time market data distribution platform used across trading and research
- Build and maintain direct feed handlers across major U.S. and global exchanges, along with vendor connectivity
- Implement robust validation, data quality, and monitoring systems ensuring clean, reliable real‑time data
- Develop scalable APIs and integration pipelines in Python for cross‑team consumption
- Partner with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
- Contribute to architectural decisions shaping a central, enterprise‑scale data platform
- Provide production support and troubleshoot latency, throughput, and data quality issues in real time
- Work closely with trading, quant, and engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver production‑ready solutions
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