Engineering Manager - Market Data

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing out performance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi‑manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. We take a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers we represent.

Join our Real‑time Market Data team, part of our Data Engineering organisation at the heart of a quantitative investment firm, powering the market data infrastructure that drives our systematic trading strategies and cutting‑edge discretionary research. As the lead of the team, you will architect a multi‑petabyte scale estate, processing billions of data points daily from thousands of data sources. Our stack combines Java and Python, with foundations of Kafka, Arctic

DB, Mongo

DB, and more. This is an opportunity to tackle complex distributed system challenges at exceptional scale and to leverage AI development tools to accelerate delivery and drive their adoption across the team.

• Lead a team of 6 high‑performing engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Set the strategic direction of the team, define the technical roadmap and align it with broader Data Engineering and firm‑wide objectives.
• Remain a hands‑on engineer, contributing directly to the codebase and leading by example on technical design and implementation.
• Navegate commercial and technical conversations with external data vendors, managing relationships and ensuring the firm’s data needs are met.
• Partner with internal stakeholders across systematic trading, discretionary research and technology to translate requirements into successful delivery.
• Drive the adoption of AI‑assisted development tools across the team to accelerate delivery and raise engineering productivity.
• Own the operational excellence of a multi‑petabyte, low‑latency market data platform processing billions of data points daily.

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Experience with real‑time market data feeds.
• Experience running and delivering complex projects to an exceptionally high standard.
• Deep knowledge of one or more relevant technologies such as Iceberg, KDB or Kafka.
• Expertise in distributed systems at scale.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience with performance optimisation and large‑scale data processing.
• Ability to turn stakeholder requirements into successful outcomes.
• Embrace agentic engineering – willingness and ability to work effectively with AI‑assisted development tools as part of daily workflow.
• Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics).

• Deep expertise in Java and Python.
• Proficiency on Linux platforms and strong understanding of Git.
• Contributions to open‑source projects.
• Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs).

We champion equality of opportunity and foster an inclusive environment where every unique perspective is valued. Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long‑term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave, long‑service leave and, depending on your location, private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance. Flexible working arrangements are available and you will receive two annual “Mankind” days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact us.