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Market Data Integration Engineer

Market Data Integration Engineer

£150,000 Plus Bonus

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Market Data Integration Engineer to join our high profile client.

Our client is a well known quantitative proprietary trading firm, liquidity provider and market maker. They operate globally and are considered to be a market leader in their field. For any technologist this is the place to be, they offer an intellectual, fun and progressive environment where you are encouraged to think outside the box.

This is an environment of Google or a well-funded FinTech startup where tech is number one with huge budget allocated towards this. The firm is known globally for its attitudes and rigour more importantly, you will be surrounded by smart people deeply interested in teaching what they know, and in learning from you.

The Market Data Integration Analyst will be responsible for rationalizing the delivery of Products and Technology Infrastructure working closely with Development, Trading, Infrastructure, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Support teams.

The team strives to develop deep understanding of Front to Back trading flows, Trading Infrastructure, research data sourcing frameworks and microservices architecture to manage delivery of these services to production and research environments. The team also works as a gatekeeper of scheduled changes to these environments and owns the Change Management workflow.

Day to Day the Market Data Integration Analyst will:

• Act as an integration specialist with the ability to assess impact and facilitate deployment of changes to any component into the production environment.
• Project manage large scale firm wide roll outs of applications which are pre-tested functionally in a pilot mode.
• Production pipe cleaning orders coordination and support to trading and operations.
• Provide post release support for application changes by working with development teams.
• Develop and document go live workflows and checklists.

The Market Data Integration Analyst should have:

• STEM degree
• Strong Market Data Knowledge
• Good understanding of software/hardware concepts, software development life cycle and processes around them
• Proficient in Linux OS
• Proficiency with Bash and any scripting language such as Python
• Experience in SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL)
• Experience with the Atlassian stack (JIRA, Service Desk, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
• Working knowledge of one or more financial products such as Cash Equities, Bonds, Derivatives, Currencies, Commodities, FX.

My client automates as much as they can because it reduces human error and the team holds the view that automating is also enjoyable and that should be how you also see it.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in one of the highest skilled trading teams around with a deep culture of sharing knowledge and experimentation with technology.

My client is based in London hybrid working is available