KDB Real-Time Data Engineer III – AWS Cloud

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Equities Trading Data & Analytics Organization in the UK. The role focuses on building and migrating trusted market-leading technology, with the data analytics team handling large Options datasets using KDB and real-time/historical access as the firm migrates to AWS.

You will contribute to core KDB systems, real-time processing solutions, and collaboration with stakeholders across the business to deliver scalable, secure platforms.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding of agile methodologies such as 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, performance implications.
• Practical experience developing/running large datasets and optimizing query performance.
• Practical experience building resilient and high-availability KDB applications.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Adds to 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 the application support teams to maintain and support the platform.

Skills

KDB

Q language

CI/CD

Automation

SDLC

Agile methodologies

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

C/C++/Java

Data processing

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Equities Trading Data & Analytics Organization in the UK. The role focuses on building and migrating trusted market-leading technology, with the data analytics team handling large Options datasets using KDB and real-time/historical access as the firm migrates to AWS.

You will contribute to core KDB systems, real-time processing solutions, and collaboration with stakeholders across the business to deliver scalable, secure platforms.