Market Data Engineer - LSEG

Job Title

Senior / Lead Consultant - Market Data Engineer (LSEG / Refinitiv Infrastructure, Cloud Migration)

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Market Data Engineer to own and evolve our LSEG / Refinitiv data feed infrastructure and related codebase. The successful candidate will lead the migration of on-premises feed infrastructure to the cloud, design scalable feed delivery solutions, and partner with analytics teams to ensure data content and delivery meet business requirements. This is a hands-on technical leadership role with significant interaction across engineering, analytics, and governance teams.

What you'll do

• Own, maintain, and evolve the existing market data feed infrastructure and related codebase (LSEG / Refinitiv ecosystem; Elektron SDK, Real-Time feeds, content delivery pipelines).
• Lead cloud migration efforts for market data infrastructure (architecture design, migration plan, cost and risk assessment, security controls, and rollout).
• Architect and implement scalable, low-latency feed delivery pipelines that meet latency, reliability, and SLAs for downstream analytics, risk, and trading workflows.
• Collaborate with analytics teams to understand data content needs (fields, instrument coverage, reference data, tick history), translate requirements into data products, and ensure data quality and lineage.
• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, data models, metadata, and transformation logic as part of data content governance.
• Implement monitoring, observability, alerting, and incident response for feed pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
• Drive CI / CD processes and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Git, GitHub Actions, Terraform / CloudFormation, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Ensure security and compliance controls appropriate for financial data (access controls, encryption, audit logs, regulatory considerations such as MiFID II, FINRA where applicable).
• Mentor and coach junior engineers; perform code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Produce design documents, runbooks, and technical documentation; present to stakeholders and leadership.
• Act as a liaison with LSEG / Refinitiv support and services for integration, optimization, and issue resolution.

Role-specific success criteria (90-day plan)

• Complete an assessment of current LSEG / Refinitiv feed infrastructure and map to a cloud migration plan.
• Define latency, reliability, and data content targets with analytics stakeholders.
• Implement a pilot cloud-based feed pathway or a minimal viable migration for one feed and demonstrate stability and observability.
• Establish governance for data content, metadata, and quality checks; deliver a runbook and first set of dashboards / alerts.
• Complete initial security / compliance review and align with enterprise standards.
• Document and socialize a clear migration roadmap with milestones and owners.
• Skills

Sql, Python, Data, Agile, Hadoop, Aws, Java, kafka, Spark, flink, github, ci / cd

• Top Skills Details

Sql,Python,Data,Agile,Hadoop,Aws,Java,kafka,Spark,flink,github,ci / cd

• Additional Skills & Qualifications

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in market data engineering, data platforms, or equivalent technical leadership roles.
• Deep experience with LSEG / Refinitiv infrastructure and feed solutions (e.g., Elektron SDK / SDK-based feeds, Refinitiv Real-Time, Data Platform, or related feed delivery capabilities).
• Proven track record building, operating, and migrating market data feed solutions (low-latency streaming, tick data, reference data content).
• Strong programming skills in one or more of Python, Java, with solid scripting abilities (bash / sh).
• Cloud platform experience (AWS) with data pipelines, streaming services (Kafka / Kinesis), and object storage (S3 / Equivalent).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with CI / CD and infrastructure as code (Git-based workflows, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Solid understanding of data content and modeling for market data (instruments, fields, reference data, corporate actions, intraday vs. historical data).
• Strong collaboration skills : proven ability to work with analytics teams to elicit requirements and translate them into data products.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills.
• Eligible to work in the United States (US-based role); open to remote or hybrid arrangements.

Preferred qualifications

• Prior consulting or client-facing experience.
• Hands-on experience with Refinitiv Elektron SDK in production environments.
• Experience migrating on-premises market data infrastructure to cloud
• Knowledge of data processing frameworks (Spark, Flink) and streaming architectures.
• Understanding of financial data governance, compliance requirements, and risk data architecture.

Technical stack (typical)

• Market data : LSEG / Refinitiv feeds (Elektron, Real-Time, Data Platform), other data sources as needed
• Cloud : AWS
• Data pipelines : Kafka, Kinesis; streaming and batch processing
• Data processing : Spark, Flink (nice to have)
• Languages :
• Experience Level

Intermediate Level

• Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Newport Beach, CA.

• Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $100.00 / hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following :

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off / Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
• Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Newport Beach,CA.

• Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 27, 2025.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.