What are the responsibilities and job description for the Market Data Analyst - Quant Hedge Fund position at Capital Markets Recruitment?
A leading hedge fund is looking to add a Market Data Analyst to its data and infrastructure function, working closely with investment and research teams.
The role focuses on ensuring reliable, well-governed access to external and internal data sources, while helping improve efficiency, quality, and cost transparency across the data ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Manage and support relationships with external data providers, including onboarding, entitlements, and ongoing coordination
- Work with investment, research, and technology teams to source and maintain datasets across multiple asset classes
- Track usage and licensing of data products, ensuring alignment with internal policies and vendor agreements
- Support efforts to optimise data spend and improve visibility into usage and cost drivers
- Assist in onboarding new datasets and enabling data access for new initiatives and strategies
Ideal Profile
- 2 years’ experience in a data-focused role within financial services, ideally within trading
- Familiarity with external data providers and common financial data types across markets
- Understanding of financial instruments across equities, fixed income, and/or derivatives
- Exposure to working with structured data and basic data delivery mechanisms (APIs, file-based feeds, etc.)
- Solid ability to work with data tools such as SQL and/or Python for validation or analysis
To discuss the role in confidence, please reach out to Rhys at rhys.nugent@capitalmarkets.ie
Salary : $150,000 - $250,000