At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement cutting-edge distributed systems for real-time market data.
- Company: Join a leading hedge fund with a focus on innovation and technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with potential for significant career advancement.
- Why this job: Be part of a greenfield project that shapes the future of market data systems.
- Qualifications: Strong academic background in Computer Science and experience with distributed systems.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We are partnering with a leading hedge fund to build out a greenfield Tick Data Platform, focused on designing a globally distributed, low-latency market data system from first principles.
Role
- Design and implement distributed, event-driven systems for real-time market data ingestion and dissemination
- Develop horizontally scalable architectures with strong guarantees around reliability and data integrity
- Work on in-memory processing, batching, and efficient serialization strategies to optimise performance
- Collaborate with quant teams to deliver data abstractions and access patterns for research and execution
Profile
- Strong academic background in Computer Science from a top-tier university, with demonstrated excellence through honours such as Dean's List and participation in high-level competitive programming (e.g. ICPC, Codeforces)
- Strong experience with distributed systems (e.g. partitioning, replication, consensus, fault tolerance)
- Hands-on exposure to real-time streaming architectures (Kafka, pub/sub systems, or custom event pipelines)
- Experience building high-throughput systems (networking, I/O, backpressure handling, load distribution)
- Language-agnostic - all backend languages considered (Python, Java, Scala, C++, Rust, etc.), with the team currently leaning towards Python
Nice to have
- Experience with market data protocols or tick data processing pipelines
For a confidential discussion, please apply.
Software Engineer - Distributed Market Data (FAANG welcome) employer: Selby Jennings
Join a leading hedge fund that champions innovation and excellence in the financial technology space. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and professional growth, we offer a dynamic work culture where your contributions directly impact the development of cutting-edge market data systems. Located in a vibrant financial hub, our team thrives on tackling complex challenges while enjoying competitive benefits and opportunities for continuous learning.
