SVP Senior KDB+ Specialist

Job Description

This senior KDB+ Specialist will design, build, and optimize high-performance analytics and data systems supporting electronic trading. The role focuses heavily on KDB+/Q development, large-scale market and order data, low-latency performance, and trading analytics. They will partner with quantitative, product, and engineering teams while providing technical leadership through architecture discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting, and developer mentorship.

Skills and Requirements

• 8+ years of development experience within financial markets, focused on high-performance, low-latency electronic trading systems
• Expertise in KDB+ (Q language) development (scaling, load-balancing, resilience, and optimizing query performance for large, high-frequency datasets)
• Experience designing and developing analytics platforms for automated trading systems
• Proficiency in financial market protocols like FIX for order handling and large market datasets.
• Familiarity w Agile methodologies, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes.
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Background in Markets Electronic Trading or Market Making domains
• Master's degree

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].