Senior kdb+ Engineer

Data Intellect

$130K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of kdb+ development experience with a focus on time-series data.
  • Proven expertise in designing and scaling kdb+ architectures in production environments.
  • Strong proficiency in Unix/Linux systems and scripting languages.
  • Demonstrated leadership in high-pressure project situations.
  • Excellent communication skills for diverse stakeholder engagement.
  • Experience in capital markets or investment banking to understand sector demands.
  • Passion for writing clean, efficient, and high-performance code.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical delivery of high-performance solutions for clients.
  • Design and implement kdb+ architectures handling billions of data rows.
  • Collaborate with financial analysts and traders to convert business requirements into code.
  • Mentor junior developers, enhancing their skills and promoting technical excellence.
  • Oversee the full development lifecycle for client applications, from coding to maintenance.
  • Drive innovation by embracing the latest advancements in kdb+, q, and related technologies.

Benefits

  • Hybrid and flexible work options to balance home and office.
  • Opportunity to work with global clients across major financial hubs.
  • Access to continuous learning resources, including training and certifications.
  • Clear promotion pathways with potential biannual reviews and monthly feedback sessions.
  • Healthcare and wellness benefits tailored by region.
  • Flexible holiday allowance with options for bank holiday work.
  • Generous referral bonuses and engaging company social events.
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Senior kdb+ Engineer at [DI] you'll be at the forefront of delivering high-performance, scalable solutions for some of the world's most data-intensive financial institutions. You'll:
  • Lead technical delivery on client projects, setting the standard for quality and performance.
  • Design and implement robust kdb+ architectures that handle billions of rows of time-series data.
  • Collaborate with quants, traders, and analysts to translate business needs into performant, efficient code.
  • Mentor and guide junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
  • Own the full development lifecycle by developing, testing, supporting and maintaining all code for client applications
  • Drive innovation by staying ahead of the curve in kdb+, q, and emerging technologies.


Qualifications

What You Bring
  • 5+ years of hands-on kdb+ development, with deep expertise in q and time-series data.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing kdb+ architectures and scaling kdb+ systems in production.
  • Strong background in Unix/Linux environments and scripting.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership and decision-making in fast-paced projects.
  • Excellent communication skills to explain complex systems to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience in capital markets or investment banking, understanding of the domain and its demands.
  • A passion for clean, performant code and continuous improvement.

Bonus Points For:
  • Experience with AI tooling (Claude, Co-Pilot)
  • Experience with Python, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), or other time-series databases.
  • Exposure to tick data, real-time analytics, electronic trading systems.
  • People management or team leadership experience.


Additional Information

Why Join Data Intellect?
  • Hybrid & flexible working - balance your time between home and our global offices.
  • Global opportunities - work with clients in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto and beyond.
  • Continuous learning - day one access to paid training, certifications and leadership development.
  • Clear progression pathways - biannual promotion cycles and monthly 1:1s to excel your career growth and development.
  • Healthcare & wellbeing - provider dependent on region.
  • Flexible, increasing holiday allowance - option to work bank holidays providing greater flexibility in holiday usage
  • Generous referral bonuses, exciting social events and so much more - we work hard and celebrate harder.

Data Intellect is a specialist data and technology consultancy with deep expertise in capital markets. We build high-performance systems that power trading, risk and analytics for some of the world's most demanding clients. Our expertise spans kdb+, AI, data engineering, regulatory technology and enterprise platforms. We're growing, fast!

Ready to lead the next generation of high performance kdb+ solutions?

Challenge Accepted. Apply now.

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