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C++ Market Data Engineer

McGregor Boyall Associates LimitedSouth East London, London🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 6 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This is an exceptional opportunity to architect and lead the development of a cutting-edge market data platform for a leading global hedge fund, offering significant career growth and impact. You will thrive here if you possess a strong background in C++ market data systems, enjoy building resilient, low-latency solutions, and are eager to mentor a team and drive innovation in a hybrid work environment with a competitive compensation package. Don't miss out on the chance to shape the future of market data technology – apply today!

Quick Overview

Salary
$225k - $275k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
South East London, London, United Kingdom
Posted
10 hours ago
AgileC++

Job Description

I'm working with a global multi-strategy hedge fund hiring a Manager, Market Data Engineering into their Data Technology team. The role owns the systems that capture, redistribute, derive and serve real-time and historical market data to investment teams across Equities, Macro, Commodities and Credit.

It's a build-and-lead role, not a maintenance one.

What's involved:

  • Architecting the firm's next-generation market data platform, ingesting streaming and historical data from vendor consolidation platforms and internal APIs
  • Building real-time processing and derivation engines (bars, NBBO) that need to be fast, resilient and recoverable
  • Low latency C++ development
  • Shipping SDKs and platform interfaces so specialist teams can plug in their own derived-data calculations
  • Hiring and mentoring a team of developers and analysts
  • Owning the platform roadmap directly with investment teams, translating what they need into production systems
  • Chicago, London or New York
  • US base range of USD 225,000 to 275,000, plus bonus and benefits

Who this suits:

Someone with 8+ years leading engineering teams and 5+ years hands-on with market data systems. You've run agile delivery for real projects, supported research or execution workflows across more than one asset class, and have a track record of production systems that stay up. Experience with Refinitiv or Bloomberg APIs is a plus, as is any comparable enterprise market data stack.

If that sounds like your background, please apply with an updated CV.


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