kdb Developer

Job Title: KDB Developer

Location: Jersey City NJ

Experience 8

RTTO 5 Days Onsite

Job Responsibilities

• Developing core systems and frameworks based on KDB technology.
• Building scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodologies.
• Storing large amounts of cross-asset market data (e.g. equities fixed income FX) for real-time and historical access.
• Partnering with business stakeholders including traders and quantitative analysts to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Ensuring the operational stability resiliency and performance of KDB applications.
• Developing high-quality production code and participating in code reviews.
• Identifying opportunities for automation and improving the overall stability of software applications.
• Making KDB data accessible to cloud-native applications for research and AI purposes.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Deep understanding of KDB technology and the Q language . This is a hands-on role and expertise in building large-scale platforms is often required.
• Experience with KDBtick design and data organization as well as the performance implications of different architectural approaches.
• Practical experience developing/running large datasets optimizing query performance and building resilient/high-availability KDB applications.
• Proficiency in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and advanced understanding of agile methodologies like CI/CD application resiliency and security.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design application development testing and operational stability.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively about solutions.

Preferred Skills

• AWS Experience: Many positions mention current migration projects to AWS so knowledge of AWS compute services and storage tiers is a plus.
• Programming Languages: Experience with other languages such as Python (including PyKX) Java C or C is often beneficial.
• Financial Markets Knowledge: A fundamental understanding of electronic trading markets encompassing market data and order placement is highly valued.