Talan

C++ Software Engineer - Market Data

New York, NY, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$110k-$150kDetected 42 days ago

C++ResearchProblem Solving

About the role

With over 7,000 experts in 20 countries, Talan is a global consulting and technology group dedicated to accelerating our clients' transformation through technology, data, and innovation.
We're proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work and are on track to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2025.
At Talan, our philosophy is simple yet powerful: Positive Innovation -leveraging technology to benefit people and society.

Design, implement, and own high-performance market data systems, including feed handlers, order book construction, distribution frameworks, and research-facing tools and services.
Drive exchange protocol upgrades, venue onboarding, and behavioral changes while preserving strict determinism and latency guarantees.
Optimize systems for throughput, latency, and resiliency under extreme production load.
Act as a strong production owner, independently driving projects from design through deployment and long-term operational support.
Partner with trading and quantitative research teams to translate business requirements into robust, performant technical solutions.
This is a high-impact role with direct influence on trading outcomes through the design and delivery of performance-critical infrastructure.

Strong hands-on experience in modern C++ within performance-critical systems (Currently on 20/23, starting enable 26 features)
Familiarity with exchange protocols (e.g., ITCH, PITCH, iMpact, OUCH, etc.).
Ability to balance performance, correctness, and maintainability in pragmatic engineering decisions.

Expand market and asset class coverage to support trading growth across equities, futures, options, and adjacent products.
Positive Innovation -leveraging technology to benefit people and society.

Join us and be part of meaningful change!
We are seeking a self-driven Senior Market Data Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of core components of our market data stack.

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