Senior KDB+/Q Developer — Real-Time Market Data (HK)

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong is seeking highly skilled KDB+/Q developers to join leading global financial firms in on-site roles in Hong Kong. You will help build and maintain large, real-time market data systems used directly by traders, researchers, and compliance teams.

Key requirements include deep q language expertise, fast and optimized coding, and experience handling vast market and trade data. You will collaborate with quants and tech teams to deliver robust data tools and APIs.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of the q language and kdb+ tick architecture.
• Ability to write highly optimized code that processes data instantly.
• Experience querying and analyzing huge amounts of market and trade data.
• Skills to design systems for real-time data capture and data access.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers and tech teams to build useful tools.
• Develop and improve APIs and shared software components.
• Automate system tests, builds and performance tracking.
• Apply test-driven development (TDD/BDD) to ensure code quality before release.

Skills

KDB+/Q

High-performance coding

Big data analytics

Real-time systems

Job description

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong is seeking highly skilled KDB+/Q developers to join leading global financial firms in on-site roles in Hong Kong. You will help build and maintain large, real-time market data systems used directly by traders, researchers, and compliance teams.

Key requirements include deep q language expertise, fast and optimized coding, and experience handling vast market and trade data. You will collaborate with quants and tech teams to deliver robust data tools and APIs.