Time-Series Platforms, Streaming Architecture & Engineering

• Act as the technical authority for enterprise time-series platforms, tick-data analytics, streaming architectures, ticker plants, and low-latency data technologies.
• Support adoption and optimisation of platforms such as KDB+/q, QuestDB, OneTick, InfluxDB, TimeBase, Bloomberg B-PIPE, Refinitiv RMDS/TREP, Kafka, Solace, Ultra Messaging, and equivalent technologies.
• Drive automation of feed onboarding, monitoring, reconciliation, entitlement management, operational support, and data quality controls.
• Promote API-first, event-driven, cloud-native, observable, scalable, and resilient architecture patterns across real-time market data platforms.
• Support high-performance platforms for tick data storage, market replay, order book reconstruction, quantitative analytics, and future machine learning use cases.

Governance, Controls, Vendor & Stakeholder Engagement

• Champion data quality, lineage, monitoring, entitlement management, ownership, governance, and operational controls across real-time market data services.
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for market data vendors, exchanges, brokers, ECNs, and technology providers.
• Support vendor evaluations, proof-of-concepts, technical due diligence, and awareness of market structure and electronic trading developments.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Front Office, Quants, Risk, Technology, CDO, and Commercial stakeholders.
• Translate commercial requirements into platform enhancements, analytical capabilities, and technical priorities.

What You Bring

• Proven experience in commodities trading, investment banking, electronic market making, broker-dealer, exchange, execution services, market data vendor, or electronic trading environments.
• Proven experience building, operating, implementing, optimising, or architecting ticker plant and real-time market data platforms.
• Strong understanding of low-latency market data architectures, direct exchange connectivity, broker/ECN connectivity, exchange feed structures, feed handlers, vendor-managed infrastructure, and real-time distribution technologies.
• Strong understanding of FIX protocol, market data connectivity, session management, order flow integration, symbology management, normalisation, enrichment, caching, and historical persistence.
• Deep understanding of L1, L2, and L3 market data structures, market microstructure, venue-specific data models, order book modelling, market depth analytics, order flow analysis, liquidity analytics, trade reconstruction, and execution performance measurement.
• Strong proficiency in real-time market data and time-series technologies such as Bloomberg B-PIPE, Refinitiv RMDS/TREP, Kafka, Solace, Ultra Messaging, KDB+/q, QuestDB, OneTick, InfluxDB, TimeBase, or equivalent platforms, with the ability to partner with technology teams to shape architecture and drive enterprise adoption.
• Proficiency across Python, q/KDB, SQL, Spark, C#, and related engineering toolsets, with sufficient depth to guide technical decisions, challenge design options, and work effectively with engineering teams to deliver scalable market data solutions.
• Experience designing analytical solutions on large-scale real-time and historical market datasets, including TCA, market impact modelling, signal generation, back-testing, and trading performance analytics.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native data platforms and hybrid architectures, including Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, and modern real-time analytics platforms.
• Experience working directly with traders, execution teams, quantitative analysts, market risk teams, engineering teams, and market data vendors.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and technical leadership skills.
• Preferably with Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related discipline.

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating real-time market data into Align, Endur, and Front Office trading platforms.
• Familiarity with Flink, Spark Streaming, and modern stream-processing technologies.
• Knowledge of execution algorithms, quantitative trading strategies, and best execution frameworks.
• Experience with MDSL, TRG Screen, DACS, or other market data inventory and entitlement platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide market data transformation programmes.

What We Offer

• You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Make an impact in one of the world’s leading energy trading businesses.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Shell is working to advance an inclusive, psychologically safe and accessible environment where people with disabilities can excel. If you require any accommodations or accessibility adjustments (e.g. assistive technology, communication support, any other) during the application or interview process, please let us know directly via careers@shell.com. We strive to ensure that our process and workplace is accessible to everyone and are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments to support your needs.

Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell is a vital contributor to the UK, supporting energy security, jobs and economic value. We provide energy to fuel homes, hospitals, schools, vehicles, machinery and factories. Our history here dates back over 125 years. A UK-headquartered global energy leader, and leading FTSE multinational, we are active across the country’s energy system.

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