KDB Software Engineer

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with advanced applied experience
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Strong knowledge of the full Software Development Life Cycle
• Understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Understanding of KDB technology and Q language
• At least 2 years of professional experience using KDB
• Understanding of KDB+ tick design and data organization, including performance implications of different approaches
• Practical experience developing and running large datasets and optimizing query performance
• Practical experience building resilient, high-availability KDB applications
• Preferred: Experience with Terraform and Kubernetes in a public cloud production environment
• Preferred: AWS experience
• Preferred: Experience with other languages such as Python, C, C++, or Java
• Preferred: Experience with market data venues and vendor data platforms

Responsibilities:

• Execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Develop core systems and frameworks based on KDB
• Develop scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodology
• Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions
• Partner with application support teams to maintain and support the platform

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Security
• Terraform

More:

We are JPMorgan Chase, a global leader in financial services and a part of the Commercial & Investment Bank, serving corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals in more than 100 countries. We are building trusted, market-leading technology for our Equities Trading Data & Analytics Organization, with a focus on real-time and historical options data using KDB technology as we migrate to AWS and re-architect our applications. We offer an agile, collaborative environment where you can help deliver secure, stable, and scalable solutions while working in a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and long-term client partnerships. This is a full-time role.

last updated 35 week of 2026