Junior Data Engineer – AI Markets (Hybrid, KDB+)

GFT Technologies Poland; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Kraków office

Medical package

Lunch subsidy

Life insurance

Job summary

GFT Technologies Poland is seeking a skilled KDB+ engineer to join our AI Markets development team. You will optimize KDB+ processes, build analytics layers, and expose data through APIs for trading and AI/ML applications.

You will collaborate with global teams across Europe, Asia, and North America to deliver scalable data solutions. You will work on data preparation for model training, implement monitoring and resilience, and ensure governance and risk controls while solving complex data

Qualifications

• Strong CS fundamentals and passion for solving complex data engineering problems.
• Experience with functional programming concepts (Clojure, Haskell, Scala).
• Experience preparing datasets for model training and analytics pipelines.
• Familiarity with APIs, data governance, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize KDB+ processes and queries for low-latency/high-throughput applications.
• Build analytics and aggregation layers consumed by downstream systems, APIs, and AI/ML models.
• Expose KDB+ data and analytics via APIs and services.
• Collaborate with AI and data engineering teams to prepare data for model training and execution.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and capacity management for KDB+ environments.
• Support resilience, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, sales teams, and product owners to deliver business solutions.
• Ensure compliance with operational risk, model risk, and data governance requirements.
• Participate in data analysis, testing, and software delivery activities.

Skills

KDB+/q

Functional programming

Python/R/Matlab

Clojure/Haskell/Scala

Linux

Cloud platforms

Algorithms & data structures

Problem solving

APIs & data analytics

Tools

KDB+/q

Job description

GFT Technologies Poland is seeking a skilled KDB+ engineer to join our AI Markets development team. You will optimize KDB+ processes, build analytics layers, and expose data through APIs for trading and AI/ML applications.

You will collaborate with global teams across Europe, Asia, and North America to deliver scalable data solutions. You will work on data preparation for model training, implement monitoring and resilience, and ensure governance and risk controls while solving complex data