KDB Developer

Synechron Technologies Private Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron Technologies Private Limited in Hong Kong seeks an experienced KDB+/q developer to lead real-time market data pipelines, signal engines, and order analytics in a high-frequency trading environment.

The role requires deep KDB+/q expertise, strong knowledge of equities trading systems, and a track record of delivering low-latency, high-availability production solutions while mentoring a team of q engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on KDB+/q engineering experience.
• Experience with tick data capture, schema design, and real-time analytics pipelines.
• Strong understanding of equities trading systems and market data models.
• Experience working with exchange protocols and real-time market data.
• Proven experience delivering low-latency, high-availability production systems.
• Strong hands-on experience in development, architecture, and performance optimization.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of real-time tick data pipelines, signal engines, and order analytics.
• Design and implement scalable KDB+/q architectures across RDB and HDB environments.
• Optimize memory utilization and distributed computing for high-performance data processing.
• Partner with traders, quants, and development teams across regions to deliver mission-critical trading infrastructure.
• Lead and mentor a team of q engineers, establishing best practices in coding, testing, and performance tuning.
• Drive improvements in latency, throughput, scalability, and data fidelity within high-frequency trading environments.
• Contribute hands-on to architecture, development, performance optimization, and production delivery.

Skills

KDB+/q

Real-time data pipelines

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced KDB Developer to lead the development of real-time marketdata pipelines, signal engines, and order analytics within a high-frequency trading environment. The role requires deep KDB+/q expertise, strong knowledge of equities trading systems, andexperience delivering low-latency, high-availability production solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of real-time tick data pipelines, signal engines, and order analytics.
• Design and implement scalable KDB+/q architectures across RDB and HDB environments.
• Optimize memory utilization and distributed computing for high-performance data processing.
• Partner with traders, quants, and development teams across regions to deliver mission-critical trading infrastructure.
• Lead and mentor a team of q engineers, establishing best practices in coding, testing, and performance tuning.
• Drive improvements in latency, throughput, scalability, and data fidelity within high-frequency trading environments.
• Contribute hands-on to architecture, development, performance optimization, and production delivery.

Required Expertise

• 8+ years of hands-on KDB+/q engineering experience.
• Strong experience with tick data capture, schema design, and real-time analytics pipelines.
• Strong understanding of equities trading systems and market data models.
• Experience working with exchange protocols and real-time market data.
• Proven experience delivering low-latency, high-availability production systems.
• Strong hands-on experience in development, architecture, and performance optimization.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.