Data Engineer (Financial Market Data)

Remote (US / LATAM) · Full-time · Contract (several months)

About the Role

We're hiring a Data Engineer on behalf of our client, a VC-backed, growth-stage startup based in Houston, Texas, to join their team. Founded about a year ago, the client is building an AI-native analytics platform for institutional investors. The team is small (4 people) and brings backgrounds from NASA, big tech and finance (JPMorgan).

The product uses multiple specialized AI agents to analyze news, market data, alternative data and fundamentals across all asset classes in real time. A synthesizer agent then turns all of this into a single, prioritized insight feed for hedge fund traders and analysts, replacing hours of manual work across Bloomberg and other sources. Insights are explainable and traceable, which is essential for compliance. The platform is invite-only, already used by real hedge funds and trading houses, and under active development.

You'll own the data foundation that powers these agents: ingesting real-time and historical data from leading market data and news providers, with a strong focus on CME and ICE, and making it reliable, traceable and ready for ML models and applied AI workflows. Since the client is based in the US, we're looking for someone comfortable working in US time zones. Candidates located in the US or LATAM are ideal.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines ingesting data from CME, ICE, NYSE, Bloomberg and Refinitiv
Integrate real-time data streams, including CME's Real-Time Futures and Options WebSocket API
Build or integrate a WebSocket manager that handles separate per-user WebSocket connections to CME
Orchestrate data workflows with Airflow and manage data storage in Supabase and Neo4j
Deliver clean, well-structured data to the platform's ML models and multi-agent AI workflows
Ensure data quality, lineage and traceability so that every insight can be explained and audited
Design and build an integration that exports selected emails from Microsoft Outlook into a local folder watched by the platform
Assess technical feasibility of the Outlook integration approach and propose the best solution
Collaborate with the client's team on data architecture and delivery

What We're Looking For

Must Have

Strong data engineering experience with Python and SQL
Hands-on experience working with financial market data
Proven experience integrating CME Market Data, ideally the Real-Time Futures and Options WebSocket API
Proven experience integrating ICE Market Data
Experience with NYSE APIs
Experience with Bloomberg API for news and market data
Experience with Refinitiv (Reuters) API for news
Experience building real-time and streaming data pipelines, including managing WebSocket connections at scale
Experience with Airflow
Comfortable working in US time zones

Nice to Have

Experience with Supabase, Neo4j or Railway
Experience preparing data for ML models or AI/LLM-based workflows
Experience with S&P Global APIs
Experience with Kpler API
Experience with Reuters news content delivery APIs
Experience with Barchart for real-time data and charts
Experience with TradingView for real-time futures data and charts
Experience integrating with Microsoft Outlook (rules, email export or automation)
Familiarity with React

Why You'll Love This Role

Build the data backbone of an AI-native platform used by real hedge funds and trading houses
Work with some of the most important real-time market data sources in the industry
Solve challenging real-time data problems, from exchange feeds to per-user streaming
Work closely with a small, experienced team with backgrounds from NASA, big tech and JPMorgan
Have a direct impact on a growth-stage, VC-backed product at an early and exciting stage

Hiring Process

Interview with a Honeycomb Software recruiter — a conversation to align on your experience and expectations

Technical interview with Honeycomb Software's technical expert

Interview with the client's team

If you believe you're a great fit for this role but may be missing some skills, don't hesitate to share your CV — what matters most is your intention and personality, as skills can be developed along the way.