Lead Engineer – Real-Time Options Market Data (OPRA)

Location: London

Build and lead the next generation of real-time options market data infrastructure. We are working with a leading global multi-strategy hedge fund looking for a hands-on Lead Engineer to take ownership of its real-time options market data platform, including the full OPRA feed.

This is a senior engineering opportunity for someone who combines deep technical expertise in high-throughput market data ingestion with a broader understanding of data platforms, historical capture, data quality and downstream consumption. You will play a key role in shaping the architecture, writing critical-path code and building infrastructure that directly supports portfolio managers, quantitative researchers and risk teams.

This isn’t simply a feed-handler role. You’ll own the wider data lifecycle, ensuring options market data is accurate, reliable, scalable and ready for use across the investment platform.

The Role

• Own the end-to-end OPRA market data stack, covering feed ingestion, A/B line arbitration, gap detection, recovery, normalisation and distribution.
• Design and develop high-performance systems using C++ or Rust, handling high-volume real-time options data.
• Build robust capture and replay capabilities, historical tick storage and research-ready intraday datasets.
• Own options reference data, including OSI/OCC symbology, series lifecycles, corporate actions and FLEX contracts.
• Drive data quality, monitoring, observability and production reliability across the platform.
• Work closely with portfolio managers and quantitative researchers to deliver data products that meet their needs.
• Set technical direction, lead architectural decisions, review code and mentor engineers, with the opportunity to build and grow the team.