C++ Technical Team Lead - Market Data Content

Morningstar is seeking an experienced C++ Technical Team Lead to guide an agile, multi-functional team managing exchange connectivity software. This role involves hands-on C/C++ development for high-volume, low-latency market data feeds, processing billions of messages daily. The lead will support the team in efficient delivery, continuous improvement, and maintaining key libraries and transport protocols, ensuring the critical market data infrastructure powers Morningstar and its clients.

Must Have

• Lead a team of approximately 3 developers and 2 QA
• Work hands-on with C/C++ code
• Support the team in working efficiently and delivering frequently
• Be rigorous in writing efficient code
• Encourage continuous improvement of build, test, and deploy processes
• Develop data feeds for high volume low latency exchange connections
• Develop and maintain key libraries
• Develop key underlying transport protocols for data transmission
• Collaborate with DevOps to improve automation in the development cycle
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in software development
• Minimum 5 years experience in C/C++ development
• Extensive experience with TCP/IP and multicast communication protocols
• Experience with development on Windows platforms
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle
• Background in leading, supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team

Good to Have

• Knowledge of automated testing and deployment techniques used in a CI/CD environment

Perks & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment (four days in-office each week in most locations)
• Range of other benefits to enhance flexibility
• Tools and resources to engage meaningfully with global colleagues

About the Role

We are looking for an amazing technical team lead to guide one of teams managing our exchange connectivity software.

Market Data powers all of Morningstar, as well as our clients so having the best of technology to do this is critical to the company’s success. We receive billions of messages every day from our direct financial exchange connections, which we process into a form useable by our customers. At present, we process over 40 billion messages per day and with data volumes significantly increasing year-on-year, you can imagine how this needs a high level of engineering skill to keep it under control.

You will need to lead an agile, multi-functional team of developers and testers to build and maintain our exchange connectivity components. You’ll need to be happy working in short cycles, with frequent deliveries while improving the overall quality of the development process.

Job Responsibilities

Lead a team of approx. 3 developers and 2 QA, focused on building and maintaining our exchange connectivity software. As well as working hands-on with the code, you'll need to support the team in working as efficiently as possible and delivering frequently. This will require you to be rigorous in writing efficient code and encourage continuous improvement of how we build, test and deploy our system. There will be some out-of-hours 3rd line support, but we try to keep this to a minimum as we have a dedicated operations team who handle most issues.

Some key examples of the sort of work the team does:

• Data feed development for high volume low latency exchange connections
• Development and maintenance of key libraries used by the entire team
• Development of key underlying transport protocols for transmission of data
• Working with DevOps to improve automation in the development cycle

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a software development or similar essential.
• Experienced in C/C++ development (Typically a minimum of 5 years)
• Extensive experienced with current communication protocols (specifically TCP/IP and multicast)
• Experience of development on Windows platforms
• Experience of the full software development lifecycle
• A background of leading, supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team

Nice to have

• Knowledge of automated testing and deployment techniques used in a CI/CD environment

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.