As an engineer within the Arctic team, you will be working on the high performance timeseries database that underpins our data platform. Arctic is used to store timeseries data - such as the price history for a security - at scale, and it enables the research and development of new trading strategies that are critical to our business.
We are looking for a highly motivated, product focused C++ engineer. You will be contributing to a modern C++ codebase, built by experienced timeseries database engineers, as well as engaging with stakeholders across the business to help us develop Arctic into a state-of-the-art database solution.
Your challenges will be varied and will include:
- Development of the core Arctic database, storing >500TB of data today
- Working with users to define and develop analytics capabilities in Arctic
- Working with data at scale, including systems streaming >3bn ticks per day
- Designing and deploying systems to provide production resiliency for Arctic
The Team
Part of Man Technology, The Arctic team is a small team comprised of polyglot developers working in highly optimised C++ 17 and Python.
Our Technology
Our systems are almost all running on Linux and most of our code is in Java, with some Python and TypeScript.
We use Kafka as the backbone of our platform, Git for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, Docker for containerisation, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. But our technology list is never static, we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries.
Technology Skills
Essential
- Excellent C++ skills
- Interest in modern database and storage technologies with a willingness to learn more
- Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical or computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university
Advantageous
- Knowledge of Python and experience with modern Python data tools such as Pandas, NumPy and Spark
- An interest in financial markets and instruments
- Experience using modern cloud storage technologies such as S3, Azure Blob Storage
Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://www.man.com/diversity. Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
Top Skills
What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM.
These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
