KBD Developer

Salary: £43,500 - 71,500 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on kdb+ and q experience
• Proven track record of scaling production-grade kdb+ systems
• Strong Unix/Linux scripting skills
• Excellent stakeholder engagement with the ability to communicate across quant, trading, and technology teams
• Domain expertise in capital markets or investment banking
• Passion for clean, elegant, and performant code
• Experience with Python, AWS, GCP, Azure, or other time-series platforms is desirable
• Familiarity with tick data, electronic trading, or real-time analytics is desirable
• Prior leadership or people management experience is desirable

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical delivery across client-facing capital markets projects
• Design and implement robust kdb+ systems to manage massive time-series datasets
• Translate complex trading and analytical requirements into high-performance solutions
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers and promote technical excellence
• Own the full SDLC from development through to support and optimisation
• Drive innovation in real-time data processing and analytics

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• GCP
• Support
• Linux
• Python
• Quant
• Unix
• Cloud
• DevOps

More:

We are a high-performing consulting team delivering mission-critical solutions for leading financial institutions across large-scale, data-intensive environments. We offer full autonomy and ownership of the development lifecycle, giving you the opportunity to architect and scale systems that process billions of rows of real-time and historical market data. You will help shape strategy, support and mentor colleagues, and stay at the forefront of kdb+, q, and adjacent technologies in a capital markets innovation setting.

last updated 34 week of 2026