Job description
Software Engineering Manager
Company Overview
CipherTek is a specialist IT recruitment company providing unrivaled expertise and industry knowledge in a competitive and over saturated market.
Job Summary
We’re hiring a senior technology leader (Director) to take full ownership of a global Market Data platform powering front-office trading across multiple asset classes. This is a high-impact role, leading strategy, architecture, and delivery of low-latency market data services used by traders and quants globally. You’ll lead a team of engineers, shape the future of the platform, and act as the key technology partner to the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the strategy, architecture, and delivery of a real-time market data platform
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team
- Partner directly with trading desks and quant teams
- Drive platform evolution (including cloud/hybrid transformation)
- Manage key vendor relationships (Bloomberg, LSEG, ICE)
- Ensure performance, resilience, and scalability across a global environment
Requirements / Qualifications
- Deep, hands on experience in market data technology within a front-office trading environment
- Strong understanding of how market data underpins trading across asset classes
- Proven background leading engineering teams, with a technical foundation (development or architecture)
- Expertise across real-time data platforms (e.g. Bloomberg B-Pipe, Refinitiv, Kafka, Solace)
- Ability to operate credibly with traders, quants, and senior stakeholders
Location
London Area, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Employment Type
Full-time
