KDB Developer

Role Overview 

We are looking for an experienced KDB Developer to lead the development of real-time market data pipelines, signal engines, and order analytics within a high-frequency trading environment. The role requires deep KDB+/q expertise, strong knowledge of equities trading systems, and experience delivering low-latency, high-availability production solutions. 

Key Responsibilities 

● Lead the development of real-time tick data pipelines, signal engines, and order analytics. 

● Design and implement scalable KDB+/q architectures across RDB and HDB environments. 

● Optimize memory utilization and distributed computing for high-performance data processing. 

● Partner with traders, quants, and development teams across regions to deliver mission-critical trading infrastructure. 

● Lead and mentor a team of q engineers, establishing best practices in coding, testing, and performance tuning. 

● Drive improvements in latency, throughput, scalability, and data fidelity within high-frequency trading environments. 

● Contribute hands-on to architecture, development, performance optimization, and production delivery. 

Required Expertise 

● 8+ years of hands-on KDB+/q engineering experience. 

● Strong experience with tick data capture, schema design, and real-time analytics pipelines. 

● Strong understanding of equities trading systems and market data models. 

● Experience working with exchange protocols and real-time market data. 

● Proven experience delivering low-latency, high-availability production systems. 

● Strong hands-on experience in development, architecture, and performance optimization. 

● Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.