Lead Market Data Platform 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:

• 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 4+ years of market data platform experience, including LSEG TREP

• 4+ years of market data concepts experience, including real-time pricing, feed handlers, symbology, entitlements, and data normalization

• 4+ years of UNIX/Linux engineering experience, including shell scripting (ksh, bash) for automation and operational support

• 2+ years of networking experience, including TCP/IP, multicast, and low-latency data transport concepts

• 2+ years of 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 su