Senior KDB+ Engineer — Real-Time Data Solutions

KX; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare package andEmployee

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Job summary

KX is seeking an experienced kdb+ Developer to join our Professional Services team in Lincolnshire. You will design, develop and optimize high-performance data solutions using kdb+ and q, working with large time-series datasets and real-time processing for diverse customers.

The role requires at least three years of hands-on kdb+/q development, strong Unix/Linux, Git and CI/CD familiarity, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with engineers and customer teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on commercial kdb+/q development experience.
• Strong understanding of q programming language and kdb+ data structures.
• Experience with time-series data and large-scale data processing.
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments and Git workflows.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with engineers and customer teams.
• Desirable: Python or other programming languages.
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain applications and data processing solutions using kdb+ and q.
• Develop and optimise real-time and historical data processing, storage and analytical capabilities.
• Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines, queries and interfaces to other systems.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues, including performance bottlenecks and data integrity problems.
• Collaborate with KX colleagues and customer engineering teams to translate requirements into working solutions.
• Contribute to solution design, code reviews, testing and technical documentation.

Skills

kdb+

q

Time-series processing

Unix/Linux

Git

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Containers

Job description

KX is seeking an experienced kdb+ Developer to join our Professional Services team in Lincolnshire. You will design, develop and optimize high-performance data solutions using kdb+ and q, working with large time-series datasets and real-time processing for diverse customers.

The role requires at least three years of hands-on kdb+/q development, strong Unix/Linux, Git and CI/CD familiarity, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with engineers and customer teams.