Lead Infrastructure Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Market Data Platform Engineer within the Market Data Technology group. This role is responsible for the design engineering and support of mission-critical market data infrastructure platforms that deliver real-time and normalized pricing data across the enterprise. The engineer will play a key role in supporting and enhancing the London Stock Exchange Group - The Refinitiv Elektron Platform (LSEG TREP) as well as related market data distribution technologies. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in market data systems strong UNIX/Linux engineering capabilities and a solid understanding of low-latency data delivery networking and vendor integration across providers such as LSEG Bloomberg and other market data platforms.

In this role you will:

• Lead or participate in high-level technical concepts spanning market data technology platforms and business consumption models
• Design build and enhance complex market data infrastructure including LSEG TREP and related distribution systems
• Develop specifications architectures and solutions for low-latency high-availability market data delivery platforms
• Contribute to the testing and validation of market data flows including feed handlers distribution layers and downstream consumers
• Drive improvements in resiliency failover and recovery capabilities of market data systems
• Analyze and resolve issues related to real-time data delivery including feed gaps latency stale data and symbology mismatches
• Design and implement automation using UNIX/Linux scripting to monitor manage and maintain infrastructure health
• Collaborate with network engineering teams to ensure optimal multicast/unicast data distribution bandwidth utilization and low-latency performance
• Review and analyze infrastructure security considerations including access controls secrets management and key rotations
• Design code test debug and document tools and utilities to support market data operations and engineering functions
• Support complex system upgrades including TREP components feed handlers and supporting middleware
• Identify and resolve recurring operational issues by implementing long-term engineering solutions
• Develop and execute strategic plans to modernize and optimize market data platforms
• Direct daily risk and control processes ensuring adherence to enterprise policies procedures and regulatory standards
• Collaborate and consult with peers application teams vendors and leadership to resolve issues and deliver scalable reliable solutions

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education
• Experience with market data platform experience including LSEG TREP
• Experience with market data concepts experience including real-time pricing feed handlers symbology entitlements and data normalization
• Experience with UNIX/Linux engineering experience including shell scripting (ksh bash) for automation and operational support
• Experience with TCP/IP multicast and low-latency data transport concepts
• Experience with monitoring tools and observability practices for real-time systems such as Grafana ITRS

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with additional market data vendors such as Bloomberg ICE or Tradeweb
• Understanding of market data feed formats and protocols (e.g. RIC Symbology Elektron proprietary vendor feeds)
• Programming experience in Java Python or similar languages for tool and platform development
• Experience with cloud technologies and hybrid infrastructure models
• Familiarity with automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Knowledge of financial markets asset classes and trading workflows
• Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning for low-latency systems

Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• Must be able to work on-site at one of the listed locations; hybrid work schedule available
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position
• Ability to support production environments including participation in on-call rotations if required
• Work closely with global teams vendors and stakeholders to support market data services
• Adhere to Wells Fargos risk control and compliance requirements
• Maintain strong documentation and audit readiness for all infrastructure components
• Drive continuous improvement in platform stability resiliency and operational efficiency

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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