KDB Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain KDB+/q-based data capture, analytics, and visualization platforms.
• Optimize time-series data queries and real-time analytics pipelines for performance and scalability.
• Work with quantitative researchers and algo developers to deliver high-performance metrics and diagnostics tools.
• Integrate KDB systems with market data feeds, order management systems, and trading platforms.
• Build dashboards and monitoring tools for algorithm performance and market behavior.
• Maintain large-scale tick data stores, including data hygiene, normalization, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to ensure system reliability and uptime.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience developing with KDB+/q in a financial or trading environment.
• Solid understanding of market data (e.g., Level 1/2, order book dynamics, trades, quotes).
• Familiarity with algorithmic trading concepts such as VWAP, TWAP, arrival price, slippage, and market impact.
• Strong background in time-series data structures, analytics, and performance tuning.
• Proficient in integrating KDB with other languages/systems (e.g., Python, Java, Kafka, REST APIs).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset.
• Effective communicator able to collaborate across business and technical teams.

Good to have:

• Experience with real-time market data capture and event processing.
• Knowledge of equities, FX, futures, or fixed income trading workflows.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Dash, Grafana, custom q dashboards).
• Experience working in low-latency, high-throughput environments.