The Company
Headquartered in Asia with key hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York, this technology-driven trading firm manages over USD 1.5 billion in assets. Founded by an elite group of graduates from Stanford, CMU, and Tsinghua, the organization merges advanced AI and machine learning to drive automated investment strategies. They are currently scaling their global data infrastructure to support massive, high-fidelity datasets and complex model training pipelines in a "zero-legacy" technical environment.
 

The Role
As the Market Data Lead, you will spearhead the design and optimization of a high-throughput platform handling real-time and historical feeds from global exchanges. You will bridge the gap between international data vendors and internal quantitative researchers, ensuring the delivery of low-latency, high-precision data that powers the firm’s competitive edge in the global markets.

• 5+ years of experience in market data engineering within a quantitative trading or hedge fund environment.

• Strong proficiency in C++ with extensive experience in high-performance computing and network data processing.

• Familiarity with market data protocols (e.g., ITCH) and the data structures of major global exchanges.

• In-depth understanding of pcap data processing and the ability to develop efficient parsing tools.

• Proven team leadership skills with a profit-driven mindset and strong business acumen.

• Ability to collaborate closely with research and trading teams to provide optimized data solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

Why Join?

• Elite Technical Team: Work alongside top-tier engineers and researchers from the world's leading academic institutions.

• Cutting-Edge Stack: Utilize a modern, cloud-native infrastructure optimized for AI-driven quantitative research without technical debt.

• Ownership & Influence: Lead a critical function that directly impacts the firm's global trading performance and expansion.

• Agile Culture: Benefit from a "flat" organizational structure that values technical excellence and rapid execution.

• Competitive Incentives: Enjoy a high-performance bonus structure within a rapidly growing, multi-billion dollar fund.

• Global Footprint: Lead the scaling of data architecture as the firm expands its reach across the US and APAC markets.
   

Senior Data Engineer (Java)

Dublin (Hybrid)

Permanent

Role Overview

An established organisation operating in the financial services domain is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with strong Java development expertise. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and backend systems that support business‑critical data platforms, analytics, and regulatory reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes
• Build and enhance robust backend services using Java (8/11/17)
• Work with large-scale data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark and Hadoop
• Develop and optimise both real-time and batch data processing systems
• Integrate data from multiple internal and external sources, including high‑volume transactional and analytical systems
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance in line with industry regulations
• Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders such as engineers, analysts, and data scientists
• Drive improvements in system performance, scalability, and reliability
• Contribute to architecture design, technical standards, and best practices

Required Skills

• Strong Java programming experience
• Solid understanding of data engineering principles
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Kafka, SQL and NoSQL databases, ETL tools and frameworks
• Experience working with cloud platforms
• Knowledge of data modelling and data warehousing
• Familiarity with microservices architectures

Reach out to imran.jiwo@nicollcurtin.com for more information

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

📍 Singapore

About the Role

We are partnering with a globally recognised digital entertainment and streaming platform that serves millions of users worldwide across web, mobile, and connected devices. The business operates at massive scale across multiple regions and is known for delivering highly available, secure, and performant streaming experiences to a global audience.

As part of their continued growth, they are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their Singapore team. This position will play a key role in building scalable infrastructure, improving platform reliability, driving automation, and enabling engineering teams to operate efficiently at scale.

You will work within a high-performing engineering environment focused on cloud-native technologies, distributed systems, reliability engineering, observability, security, and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to design and build scalable platform and infrastructure solutions.
• Drive and champion SRE best practices across engineering teams.
• Lead Incident Management processes, Capacity Planning initiatives, and Service Level Objective (SLO) implementations.
• Automate operational and infrastructure workflows using Infrastructure-as-Code principles.
• Build internal tools, automation frameworks, and AI-driven engineering solutions to improve developer productivity and reduce operational toil.
• Continuously improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
• Define engineering standards, best practices, and operational guidelines across teams.
• Embed security and cost optimization (FinOps) practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the organization.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability and service availability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in:
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • DevOps Engineering
  • Platform Engineering
• Strong experience in backend engineering and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as:
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
• Strong cloud infrastructure experience with at least one of the following:
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure
• Solid understanding of:
  • Linux / Unix systems
  • Networking fundamentals
  • Scalability and high availability concepts
• Experience managing or supporting large-scale production systems.
• Familiarity with:
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Observability and monitoring tools
  • Performance engineering concepts
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Interest or exposure to AI/LLM tooling, automation agents, or AI-assisted engineering workflows is highly advantageous.

Preferred Technical Exposure

Exposure to technologies such as:

• Kubernetes (GKE preferred)
• Cloud-native infrastructure
• CI/CD platforms
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Datadog
• Spinnaker
• Cloud Build
• Multi-region deployments
• Security engineering / WAF solutions
• FinOps / Cloud cost optimization

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to work on globally scaled systems serving millions of users.
• Exposure to modern cloud-native and distributed system architectures.
• Strong engineering culture focused on innovation, automation, and reliability.
• Regional and global collaboration opportunities.
• High-impact role with visibility across engineering teams.
• Opportunity to work with emerging AI technologies within engineering operations.

We’re working with a global technology platform that helps businesses connect with customers through digital advertising solutions at scale. They’re growing their Korea-focused team and are looking for a client-facing Account Manager to drive business results.

This is a contract role for 7 months.

What you’ll do

• Manage and grow a portfolio of clients, with a focus on revenue and long-term partnerships
• Advise on digital marketing strategy and campaign performance
• Align client goals and KPIs with platform solutions
• Lead client discussions, provide recommendations, and drive upsell opportunities
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize results
• Work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years in digital marketing, performance marketing, agency, consulting, or account management
• Strong client management and consultative sales skills
• Comfortable working with data and campaign performance metrics
• Fluent in Korean and English (at least professional level)
• Understanding of the Korean digital/media landscape is a plus

If you enjoy working closely with clients, driving measurable results, and being part of a high-growth environment, this could be a strong fit.