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Date Added: Wed 08/04/2026

Lead Java Engineer (VP) - Market Data

London, UK
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Company: ROBERT WALTERS

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £130,000 - £140,000 per annum

We are working with a leading global financial institution seeking a Lead Java engineer to help drive the development of a large scale, low latency market data platform.

This role sits within a high impact data/tech function responsible for delivering real time and historical data to trading and quant teams. You will play a key role in shaping the architecture and evolution of a central data platform that underpins front office decision making.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of a large scale market data ingestion platform
  • Build and optimise low latency data pipelines for real time and historical data
  • Integrate and manage market data feeds from external vendors and trading venues
  • Drive improvements in data quality, validation and monitoring frameworks
  • Translate business requirements from trading and quantitative teams into technical solutions
  • Define and implement engineering best practices and architectural standards
  • Mentor and develop a team of engineers across multiple locations
  • Contribute to both hands on coding and high level system design
Key Requirements
  • Strong Java engineering background with experience building enterprise scale systems
  • Proven experience working with market data or trading systems within financial services
  • Experience building data ingestion pipelines and handling real time data feeds
  • Understanding of low latency system design and distributed architectures
  • Experience integrating vendor data feeds such as Bloomberg or Refinitiv
  • Ability to operate in a hands on technical role while leading and mentoring engineers
  • Strong communication skills and experience working with front office stakeholders

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