Senior KDB+/q Engineer — Real-Time Market Data & Trading

Morgan Stanley; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a KDB+/q Developer for its Automated Risk Trading (ART) team in Hong Kong. You will design, build, and maintain real-time data components supporting equities trading data platforms, partnering with traders and quants to deliver reliable analytics.

The role requires 5+ years of KDB+/q experience, Unix/Linux skills, and the ability to work with front-office users in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of KDB+/q experience with large financial datasets.
• Experience with Unix/Linux production environments.
• Familiarity with time-series data workflows in production systems.
• Ability to work directly with front-office users in a fast-moving setting.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain KDB+/q components for real-time data capture and analytics.
• Support full software lifecycle from requirements to production, with emphasis on reliability.
• Diagnose data-quality issues and implement durable fixes to reduce incidents.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and backfill/recovery workflows.
• Optimize queries and pipelines for performance and scalability.
• Contribute ideas to speed up delivery and platform robustness.

Skills

KDB+/q

Unix/Linux

Time-series data

Production systems

Front-office users

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a KDB+/q Developer for its Automated Risk Trading (ART) team in Hong Kong. You will design, build, and maintain real-time data components supporting equities trading data platforms, partnering with traders and quants to deliver reliable analytics.

The role requires 5+ years of KDB+/q experience, Unix/Linux skills, and the ability to work with front-office users in a fast-paced environment.