KDB Software Engineer III - Real-Time Trading Data & AWS

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in London seeks an experienced KDB Software Engineer III to contribute to the Equities Trading Data & Analytics team. You will work on real-time and historical data access using KDB, migrating applications to AWS, and building scalable, secure technology products.

The role emphasizes design, production-grade coding, and collaboration with stakeholders across business functions to deliver trusted solutions.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Understanding of SDLC and agile practices (CI/CD, resiliency, security).
• Experience with KDB and Q language; 2+ years of professional use.
• Knowledge of large dataset processing and query optimization.
• Experience building resilient, high-availability KDB apps.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Fosters a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
• Develops core systems and frameworks based on KDB.
• Builds scalable real-time processing solutions in an agile framework.
• Partners with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Collaborates with application support to maintain and support the platform.

Skills

KDB/Q language

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Production-grade coding

Security & resiliency

Tools

KDB

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

C/C++/Java

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in London seeks an experienced KDB Software Engineer III to contribute to the Equities Trading Data & Analytics team. You will work on real-time and historical data access using KDB, migrating applications to AWS, and building scalable, secure technology products.

The role emphasizes design, production-grade coding, and collaboration with stakeholders across business functions to deliver trusted solutions.