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KDB - Software Engineering - Equity Derivatives Systematic Trading

5-7 Years
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Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Join a high-performing agile team focused on building and delivering advanced technology solutions for systematic trading.
  • This role offers the opportunity to shape the next-generation data platform supporting equity derivatives trading strategies.
  • You will be instrumental in designing and developing a modern KDB-based platform.
  • You'll create scalable data systems and APIs that empower quantitative researchers and trading teams to analyze data, generate signals, and execute strategies.
  • Collaboration with electronic trading, quantitative research, and trading stakeholders is central to this role.
  • Design and implement scalable KDB systems to manage real-time and historical data, including market data, risk, pricing, and analytics
  • Work closely with trading and quantitative teams to gather requirements and build data-driven solutions for derivatives strategies and performance analysis
  • Develop innovative software solutions and troubleshoot complex technical issues
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for KDB applications supporting systematic trading
  • Write secure, efficient, and production-ready code; review and debug code from peers
  • Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve system stability
  • Collaborate with support teams to ensure platform reliability and performance

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • At least 5+ years of hands-on experience with KDB/Q
  • Strong understanding of KDB+ tick architecture, data modeling, and performance tuning
  • Experience handling large-scale datasets and building high-availability KDB systems
  • Proven experience working with quantitative, algorithmic, or trading teams
  • Solid background in system design, development, testing, and production support
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, automation, and agile development practices
  • Strong understanding of application resilience, scalability, and security
  • Experience with Terraform and Kubernetes in cloud environments
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Familiarity with using LLMs in search or analytics workflows, including prompt engineering
  • Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or Java
  • Understanding of market data systems and vendor platforms

Application:

  • Apply to this job posting, and email your CV with the job title as the subject line to: [Confidential Information]

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Job ID: 145255733