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Millennium · 2 days ago

Technical Lead, Market Data Engineer - Equities Technology

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$175K/yr - $250K/yr

Millennium is seeking a highly skilled Senior Engineer / Technical Lead with expertise in C++ to lead the technical transformation of their legacy platform into a modern technology architecture. The role involves providing technical leadership, designing microservices for market data systems, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure system stability and performance.

Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesHedge Funds

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Responsibilities

Act as the Technical Lead for a team of engineers, providing mentorship and guidance to drive technical excellence

Lead the migration of legacy systems to modern architectures, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance

Collaborate with the Team Lead to define priorities, effort analysis, and estimates

Contribute to the team's technical direction by driving new initiatives and adopting best practices

Design and implement microservices and real-time distributed solutions for market data systems

Enhance and develop monitoring, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency

Work closely with the low-latency engineering team to integrate solutions across enterprise and colo environments

Engage directly with portfolio managers, traders, C-level management, IT teams, and external vendors to understand and address their needs

Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective communication

Define and enforce SLAs, SLOs, policies, metrics, and KPIs to proactively monitor and improve system performance

Oversee production change review processes, monitor system health, and assist with new builds

Ensure system stability while managing change in a fast-paced environment

Qualification

C++Real-time market dataFinancial markets technologyMicroservicesDistributed systemsJavaStreambasePythonNetwork protocolsAutomation toolsCloud platformsSRE practicesRelationship managementTask prioritizationLeadershipCommunication

Required

Strong proficiency in C++ with the ability to quickly learn and master other technologies (e.g., Java, Streambase, Python)

Extensive experience with real-time market data systems and financial markets technology

Proven ability to design and implement microservices and distributed systems

Experience managing and mentoring engineering teams, with the ability to step into a Team Lead role when needed

Strong communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with traders, IT teams, and vendors

Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment

Deep understanding of network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, MCAST) and operating systems in low-latency environments

Familiarity with market data feed handlers and protocols for global trading venues (Americas, Europe, Asia)

Hands-on experience with automation and scripting tools to support the environment

Preferred

Familiarity with Reuters, Bloomberg, Exchange symbology, and data models

Experience with data distribution buses (e.g., Solace, Kafka)

Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices

Exposure to AI tools for coding optimization and efficiency improvements

Benefits

Discretionary performance bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Company

Millennium

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Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm, founded in 1989, which manages $83.5 billion in assets.

Founded in 1989

New York, New York, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.mlp.com

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