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# Data Engineering Manager at Geneva Trading

- **Company:** Geneva Trading
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Posted:** 2026-05-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/genevatrading/jobs/5130534007

## Job description

Founded in 1999, Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm with strategically located offices in Chicago, Dublin, and London. Our relentless focus on trading excellence combined with technological innovation has equipped us with a best-in-class proprietary trading platform, enabling us to compete at the highest levels in the global markets. Rooted in a culture of integrity, collaboration, and an unwavering passion for progress, we foster an environment of personal and professional excellence. Our nimble organizational structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract top-tier talent with a passion for innovation, laying the foundation and driving our consistent success in the industry.

## About Geneva Trading

Geneva Trading is a proprietary trading firm focused on high-frequency and algorithmic trading across global markets.

Execution matters, but it is only one part of the edge. A lot of what we do depends on the quality of the data behind the trading, research, analytics, monitoring, and post-trade workflows. If the data is late, wrong, incomplete, or hard to use, people feel it quickly.

This team owns that problem.

## The Role

We are looking for a Data Engineering Manager to own our market data platforms and analytical data systems.

This is not a pure people-management role. You will manage a small team, but you will also be expected to write production code, review designs, debug systems, and stay close to the technical details. We are looking for someone who still wants to build and who can lead by being in the work with the team.

The core responsibility is to make sure our market data is captured, normalized, stored, and delivered correctly. The challenge is doing that across multiple venues, data sources, protocols, consumers, and performance requirements.

Trading systems, researchers, analysts, and monitoring tools all depend on this data. The person in this role needs to understand that reliability, correctness, and recoverability matter as much as speed.

New Opportunity

The way we use data is changing.

Historically, our market data platforms were built mainly for two types of consumers: trading systems that need fast and reliable access, and people doing research or analysis. We now have a third type of consumer emerging: AI-driven tools, models, and agents.

That changes some of the requirements. These systems need clean structure, good metadata, lineage, context, and access patterns that are not always the same as a human writing a query. They may search across data differently, ask questions differently, and generate query volumes that are very different from normal human usage.

We are not expecting someone to show up with all of this solved. We are also not looking for someone to simply bolt an AI interface onto an existing database. We want someone who understands where data platforms are going and can make practical engineering decisions now so the platform is ready for both human and machine-driven use.

Having a real point of view on this matters for the role.

What Success Looks Like

This is a deep stack, so we do not expect someone to master everything immediately. A rough first-year path would look like this:

In the first 90 days, you understand the main parts of the data stack, the people who depend on it, and the biggest pain points. You have shipped improvements to at least one real pipeline, not just reviewed documents or attended meetings.

By six months, you are helping steer the roadmap for market data infrastructure. You have improved reliability, performance, observability, or recoverability in a way we can measure. The team is relying on you in code reviews, design reviews, and production decisions.

By the end of the first year, you own the platform end to end, from ingestion through delivery. People across trading, research, and technology know to come to you for market data platform questions. You also have a clear view of how the platform needs to evolve as AI becomes a larger data consumer, and you have started moving it in that direction.

## Key Responsibilities

Market Data Pipeline Engineering

Own the market data pipeline from ingestion through normalization and near-real-time delivery. The data has to be correct first, and the system has to recover cleanly when something breaks.

Responsibilities include:

- Integrating direct exchange feed capture alongside third-party vendor data
- Building and improving replay, recovery, and gap-detection capabilities
- Keeping market data correctly sequenced, validated, and available fast enough for downstream users
- Understanding when latency matters, when durability matters more, and how to make the right tradeoff

Time-Series Architecture: KDB+/Q

Design, maintain, and improve the KDB+/Q platforms that hold our real-time and historical market data.

Responsibilities include:

- Schema design, partitioning, and query-performance tuning
- Supporting real-time and historical analytics use cases
- Managing retention and data lifecycle policies
- Keeping the platform maintainable as data volumes and usage grow
- Debugging production HDB and tickerplant issues directly

Data Distribution & Platform Integration

Deliver data reliably to downstream consumers through streaming, messaging, and platform integrations.

Responsibilities include:

- Defining data contracts and schemas that other teams can depend on
- Supporting replayable and durable data flows where needed
- Working with downstream teams to understand how they actually consume the data
- Balancing real-time delivery needs with reliability and operational simplicity

Tooling, Libraries & Supporting Systems

Build the internal tooling and shared libraries that make the data platform easier to operate and easier to use.

Responsibilities include:

- Building validation, monitoring, replay, and analytics tools
- Owning supporting systems for reference data, configuration, and metadata
- Improving developer workflows around market data testing and troubleshooting
- Reducing repeated manual work through better tools and automation

Technical Leadership & Production Ownership

Lead the team by staying close to the work.

Responsibilities include:

- Writing production code
- Reviewing pull requests and technical designs
- Working directly with trading and research teams to understand their needs
- Debugging production issues during market hours when needed
- Setting expectations for quality, reliability, and maintainability
- Improving monitoring, alerting, and data-quality checks so problems are caught before the desk finds them

Technology Stack

## KDB+ / Q

Python

C / C++

Linux

Docker

Git / CI-CD

Binary market data protocols

Streaming / message bus platforms

Kernel-bypass / high-performance networking

Industry-standard messaging protocols (FIX, SBE)

Required Qualifications

- At least 7 years of experience in data engineering, market data infrastructure, or a closely related area
- Current hands-on production coding experience
- At least 3 years leading engineers while staying technically involved
- Strong KDB+/Q experience, including complex Q, tick architecture, query tuning, and production HDB troubleshooting
- Strong production Python experience, including tested, packaged, maintainable systems-level code
- Experience building low-latency decoders for real exchange protocols
- Strong understanding of multicast, packet capture, sequencing, and gap detection
- Comfortable working in Linux and using tools such as perf, strace, tcpdump, and numactl
- Able to own production issues directly, not just route them to someone else

## Preferred Qualifications

- Background in high-frequency trading, market making, proprietary trading, or another latency-sensitive environment
- C or C++ experience for performance-critical decoder or capture components
- Experience with kernel-bypass or high-performance networking technologies
- Experience with streaming platforms used in real-time data pipelines
- Working knowledge of binary market data encoding standards
- Contributions to open-source data tooling, market data systems, or quantitative research infrastructure

## Role Details

- Reports to the CTO
- Based in Chicago, IL; hybrid, with three days per week in the office
- No direct on-call rotation; the platform has 24-hour coverage from dedicated staff and support teams

## Compensation

Base Salary Range: $180,000 - $250,000, plus eligibility for a performance-based bonus.

Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education, and qualifications. In addition to base salary, Geneva Trading offers a competitive total rewards package, including a comprehensive benefits program. Learn more about our employee incentives here: https://www.genevatrading.com/employee-incentives/

Application expected to close: 9/01/2026

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

## About Geneva Trading

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Geneva Trading is a global proprietary trading firm that provides liquidity across exchanges, asset classes, and strategies using its own capital and cutting-edge technology.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States (with offices in Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; and other locations)
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the company is led by Co-CEOs Robert Creamer and Andrew Linsley)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services – Proprietary Trading (Listed Derivatives, Equities, Fixed Income, Energy, FX, Metals, Agriculture, Digital Assets)
- **Target customers**: B2B / Institutional – Provides liquidity and market-making services to exchanges and counterparties; also hires individual traders and trading teams as internal talent.
- **Mission statement**: "To assemble a world-class combination of people, processes, and technology to drive the relentless pursuit of global trading opportunities." [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/collaborative-workplace/)

## Products & Services
- **Proprietary Trading (Principal)**: The firm uses its own capital to trade across multiple asset classes including equity index futures, energy (OTC and listed), fixed income, foreign exchange, metals, agriculture, environmental products, and digital assets. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **Technology & Data Infrastructure**: Provides best-in-class proprietary trading platforms, ultra-low latency technology, high-fidelity data feeds, and robust risk management systems to internal traders and teams. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **Talent Incubation & Partnership**: Offers a platform for individual risk-takers and established teams to scale their trading with access to capital, advanced technology, and professional support services (risk, operations, compliance). [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **Professional Support Services**: In-house teams dedicated to risk management, operations, data analytics, and legal/compliance that enable traders to focus on market opportunities. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue estimated at $5.0M–$25.0M (per Apollo.io data); as a principal trading firm, actual revenue is not publicly reported.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not applicable (privately held, self-capitalized). Key executives include Co-CEOs Robert Creamer and Andrew Linsley. The firm has deep relationships with major exchanges (CME Group, etc.) and financial institutions.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 187 employees (as of mid-2026), with a slight YoY decline of 0.7% (-2 people). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/genevatrading)
  - LinkedIn followers: 41,436 (+22.2% YoY), indicating strong employer brand growth.
  - Active job postings: 17 (as of mid-2026), with job postings up 54.5% YoY and 88.9% quarterly. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/genevatrading)
  - Global presence: 10 countries, with major hubs in the US, Ireland, UK, and growing presence in Serbia, Singapore, and Switzerland.
  - Recent hires from top competitors (Susquehanna, CME Group, Jump Trading, IMC Trading) and alumni go on to top firms (Meta, Bank of America, Jump Trading, Chicago Trading Company).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Self-Capitalized & Entrepreneurial**: As a principal trading firm using its own capital, Geneva offers traders autonomy and a direct stake in their P&L without external investor pressure. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **25+ Years of Market Longevity**: Founded in 1999, the firm has survived multiple market cycles, demonstrating disciplined risk management and consistent results.
- **Best-in-Class Technology**: A proprietary, ultra-low latency platform built over decades gives traders a technological edge in highly competitive markets. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **"One Firm" Collaborative Culture**: Unlike some siloed prop shops, Geneva emphasizes cross-team collaboration, open communication, and shared technology advances. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **Diversified Strategies & Asset Classes**: Exposure to a wide range of markets (from OTC energy to equity index futures to digital assets) reduces reliance on any single strategy.

## Strategic Focus
- **Talent Acquisition & Retention**: Heavy emphasis on attracting "exceptional risk-takers" and providing them with capital, technology, and support to scale. The 54.5% YoY increase in job postings signals aggressive hiring. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/careers-open-positions/)
- **Technology & AI Investment**: Active hiring for a Director of AI Engineering and Junior Software Engineers, indicating a push into advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/careers-open-positions/)
- **Global Expansion**: Offices in 10 countries and recent expansion into Singapore and Serbia suggest a strategy of geographic diversification to access new markets and talent pools.
- **Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)**: Formal DEI initiatives including diversity recruiting, pay equity reviews, and an inclusive culture are a stated priority. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/collaborative-workplace/)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as entrepreneurial, collaborative, and team-oriented with a "One Firm" philosophy. Emphasis on "absolute integrity," disciplined risk-taking, and personal excellence. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/collaborative-workplace/)
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary with performance-based incentives and "clear and transparent" bonus structures. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/employee-incentives/)
- **Benefits**: Premium health insurance (vision, dental, HSA/FSA), generous PTO, paid parental leave, retirement benefits with company matching, tuition reimbursement, learning & development programs, on-site gym, company meals, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and charitable donation matching. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/employee-incentives/)
- **Work Location Flexibility**: Hybrid and remote work options available (varies by role and location). [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/employee-incentives/)
- **Career Development**: Formal learning & development program, trader and tech education, and tuition reimbursement. The firm promotes from within and encourages "building a team" vs. just joining one. [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
- **Employee Rating**: 4.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (104 reviews), with culture rated 3.8, compensation 3.5, work-life balance 3.8, and career opportunities 3.9. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/genevatrading)
- **Open Roles (as of mid-2026)**: Junior Discretionary Trader, Trade Support Engineer, System Operations Engineer, Junior Software Engineer, Director AI Engineering, Global Head of Risk Management, OTC Oil Desk Lead, Risk Analyst, Front-End Platform Developer, and more (17 total). [genevatrading.com](https://www.genevatrading.com/careers-open-positions/)

## Sources
1. [genevatrading.com - Company Homepage](https://www.genevatrading.com/)
2. [genevatrading.com - Careers Page](https://www.genevatrading.com/careers-open-positions/)
3. [genevatrading.com - Benefits & Perks](https://www.genevatrading.com/employee-incentives/)
4. [genevatrading.com - Culture & Workplace](https://www.genevatrading.com/collaborative-workplace/)
5. [linkedin.com - Geneva Trading Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/genevatrading)

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