Lead Software Engineer – KDB+ / Q & AWS Real‑Time Data

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Data Analytics team, focusing on KDB-based data storage for real-time and historical access.

You will contribute as a core technical member, shaping secure, scalable, and trusted market‑leading technology solutions across multiple functions as we migrate to AWS and build greenfield projects. You will lead design and delivery, ensure operational stability, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver robust, high‑performance systems in

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional KDB experience, with at least 2 years in a Lead role.
• Hands-on experience delivering design, development, testing, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting across multiple areas.
• Develops secure high‑quality production code and reviews others’ code.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability.
• Leads communities of practice and promotes new technologies.
• Develops core KDB-based systems and frameworks.
• Leads team via book of work management and SDLC improvements.
• Develops scalable real‑time processing solutions using agile methods.
• Partners with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Supports platform maintenance with application teams.

Skills

KDB

Q language

Lead experience

CI/CD

Agile

Security

Python/Java/C/C++

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Data Analytics team, focusing on KDB-based data storage for real-time and historical access.

You will contribute as a core technical member, shaping secure, scalable, and trusted market‑leading technology solutions across multiple functions as we migrate to AWS and build greenfield projects. You will lead design and delivery, ensure operational stability, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver robust, high‑performance systems in