KDB developer

Overview

As a Senior KDB Developer you will design and optimize high-performance market data solutions, focusing on real-time processing, time-series analytics, and production support. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, low-latency applications for trading, analytics, and risk management. The role combines hands-on development with production stabilization and architectural input. You’ll engage with quants, analysts, and engineers to ensure data integrity and system reliability while advancing the platform’s capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain kdb+/q applications for real-time and historical data processing
• Build scalable, low-latency data pipelines for market data, trading, analytics, and risk systems
• Optimize q frameworks, databases, and applications for performance and reliability
• Provide Tier 2 production support, including debugging, log analysis, and troubleshooting
• Collaborate with business users, quants, analysts, and engineering teams to gather requirements
• Ensure data integrity, system stability, and high availability across platforms
• Participate in code reviews, performance tuning, and best practice implementation
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design discussions

Key requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with kdb+ / q programming
• Experience with real-time streaming and time-series data
• Understanding of market data systems, trading platforms, or financial analytics
• Experience building high-performance and low-latency applications
• Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and production support experience
• Familiarity with distributed systems and large-scale data processing
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities

• collaboration
• analytical thinking
• problem-solving
• kdb+/q
• real-time streaming
• time-series data

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