Senior KBD Engineer

Recruiting for the FICC Low Latency Trading technology team at a leading global investment bank with operations across Toronto, London, Dublin, and New York.

Major Tier 1 investment bank with a significant presence in Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities markets. Their electronic trading platforms handle critical client pricing and trading activities globally, utilizing cutting-edge low latency technology.

Join a team building strategic low latency e-trading applications covering pricing, order execution, quoting solutions, automated trading, risk management, and data analytics. These systems are mission-critical for front office quants, traders, and enterprise risk.

• Build and maintain Kdb/q analytics and data pipelines for low latency trading
• Work on market data processing, storage and real-time analytics
• Design frameworks, libraries and APIs for front office systems
• Partner closely with quants and traders on pricing and execution platforms
• Support dealer-to-dealer and dealer-to-client trading solutions
• Apply Dev Ops practices to highly scalable trading infrastructure

• ✅ 8-10 years in finance technology (minimum 5 considered)
• ✅ Deep Kdb/q expertise (architecture, analytics, market data)
• ✅ Capital markets knowledge - ideally eTrading experience
• ✅ Experience working directly with front office/business teams
• ✅ Strong API and framework design skills
• ✅ Test-driven development and agile methodologies

• FX, Fixed Income, or Commodities experience
• Java or Python programming
• Linux/shell scripting and Dev Ops tooling
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Messaging protocols (gRPC)

Global, cross-functional team spanning multiple financial centers. Strong ownership culture, collaborative environment, and focus on delivering scalable solutions for latency-sensitive trading.

Interested in low latency FICC technology? Apply below

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