Senior kdb+ Engineer

Data Intellect; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Global opportunities

Training

Career progression

Healthcare

Holiday flexibility

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Data Intellect, a leading kdb+ consultancy, seeks a Senior kdb+ Engineer to own technical delivery for client projects and design scalable architectures handling billions of time-series records.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with quants and traders, and drive end-to-end development lifecycle with a strong emphasis on performance and quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on kdb+ development with q and time-series data.
• Experience designing and implementing kdb+ architectures and scaling in production.
• Strong Unix/Linux scripting background.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and decision making in fast-paced projects.
• Excellent communication to explain complex systems to stakeholders.
• Experience in capital markets or investment banking domain.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery on client projects, setting quality and performance standards.
• Design and implement robust kdb+ architectures that handle large time-series data.
• Collaborate with quants, traders, and analysts to translate business needs into performant code.
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers to foster technical excellence.
• Own the full development lifecycle for client applications, from development to maintenance.
• Drive innovation by staying ahead in kdb+, q, and related technologies.

Skills

KDB+ expertise

Time-series data

Unix/Linux

Technical leadership

Stakeholder comms

Capital markets

Code quality

Tools

Python

AWS

Job description

Every query matters. Every millisecond counts. Every system you build shapes the future of data-driven finance.

Join the world's leading kdb+ consultancy and work at the forefront of data and trading technology with some of the biggest names in Capital Markets. You'll tackle large-scale, complex challenges, contribute to the architecture of business-critical platforms and collaborate with highly skilled engineers who are passionate about technical excellence.

If you're a Senior kdb+ Engineer seeking greater technical ownership, exposure to demanding enterprise environments and the opportunity to shape innovative solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Description

As a Senior kdb+ Engineer at [DI] you'll be at the forefront of delivering high-performance, scalable solutions for some of the world's most data-intensive financial institutions. You'll:

• Lead technical delivery on client projects, setting the standard for quality and performance.
• Design and implement robust kdb+ architectures that handle billions of rows of time-series data.
• Collaborate with quants, traders, and analysts to translate business needs into performant, efficient code.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Own the full development lifecycle by developing, testing, supporting and maintaining all code for client applications
• Drive innovation by staying ahead of the curve in kdb+, q, and emerging technologies.

Qualifications

What You Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on kdb+ development, with deep expertise in q and time-series data.
• Proven experience designing and implementing kdb+ architectures and scalingkdb+ systems in production.
• Strong background inUnix/Linux environmentsand scripting.
• Demonstratedtechnical leadershipand decision-making in fast-paced projects.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex systems to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience incapital markets or investment banking, understanding of the domain and its demands.
• A passion for clean, performant code and continuous improvement.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with AI tooling (Claude, Co-Pilot)
• Experience withPython,cloud platforms(AWS, GCP, Azure), or other time-series databases.
• Exposure totick data,real-time analytics, electronic trading systems.
• People management or team leadership experience.

Additional Information

Why Join Data Intellect?

• Hybrid & flexible working - balance your time between home and our global offices.
• Global opportunities - work with clients in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto and beyond.
• Continuous learning - day one access to paid training, certifications and leadership development.
• Clear progression pathways - biannual promotion cycles and monthly 1:1s to excel your career growth and development.
• Healthcare & wellbeing - provider dependent on region.
• Flexible, increasing holiday allowance - option to work bank holidays providing greater flexibility in holiday usage
• Generous referral bonuses, exciting social events and so much more - we work hard and celebrate harder.

Data Intellectis a specialist data and technology consultancy with deep expertise in capital markets. We build high-performance systems that power trading, risk and analytics for some of the world's most demanding clients. Our expertise spanskdb+,AI, data engineering,regulatory technology andenterprise platforms. We're growing, fast!

Fair Employment & Equal Opportunities

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Accommodations are available throughout the assessment and selection process.