KDB/q Developer - Selby Jennings
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Permanent
- Competitive salary
Job Description:
Full job description A leading global investment firm is seeking a talented KDB+ Engineer to join its high-performance technology team in London. This is an opportunity to work at the heart of a cutting-edge trading environment, building and optimising the real-time data platforms that power systematic trading, quantitative research, and investment decision-making across global markets.
You’ll work alongside world-class engineers, quantitative researchers, and traders, helping to develop highly scalable KDB+/q solutions that process vast amounts of market data with a focus on performance, reliability, and innovation.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, working in a fast-paced environment, and having a direct impact on the success of a sophisticated trading business.
What You’ll Be Doing
*Designing, building, and enhancing KDB+/q applications that underpin real-time trading and research systems
*Developing and maintaining critical market data infrastructure across trading, analytics, risk, and compliance functions
*Creating APIs, schemas, and data models that support trading platforms, quantitative research workflows, and simulation environments
*Optimising system performance, scalability, resilience, and latency across large-scale data platforms
*Partnering closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers to deliver high-impact technology solutions
*Investigating production issues and ensuring the robustness of business-critical trading applications
*Driving continuous improvements to platform architecture, tooling, and engineering standards
What We’re Looking For
*Strong commercial experience with KDB+/q
*Proficiency in Python and its application within data-intensive environments
*Solid Linux/Unix systems knowledge
*Experience working with financial market data and real-time trading systems
*Strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for building high-performance systems
*Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technology and front-office teams
You’ll work alongside world-class engineers, quantitative researchers, and traders, helping to develop highly scalable KDB+/q solutions that process vast amounts of market data with a focus on performance, reliability, and innovation.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, working in a fast-paced environment, and having a direct impact on the success of a sophisticated trading business.
What You’ll Be Doing
*Designing, building, and enhancing KDB+/q applications that underpin real-time trading and research systems
*Developing and maintaining critical market data infrastructure across trading, analytics, risk, and compliance functions
*Creating APIs, schemas, and data models that support trading platforms, quantitative research workflows, and simulation environments
*Optimising system performance, scalability, resilience, and latency across large-scale data platforms
*Partnering closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers to deliver high-impact technology solutions
*Investigating production issues and ensuring the robustness of business-critical trading applications
*Driving continuous improvements to platform architecture, tooling, and engineering standards
What We’re Looking For
*Strong commercial experience with KDB+/q
*Proficiency in Python and its application within data-intensive environments
*Solid Linux/Unix systems knowledge
*Experience working with financial market data and real-time trading systems
*Strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for building high-performance systems
*Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technology and front-office teams
Job number 3935900
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