KDB​/q Developer

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.

• 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

• 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