KDB+ Real-Time Trading Data Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Singapore is seeking a highly skilled KDB+/q developer to design and optimize enterprise-grade Tick architectures and real-time market data processing for trading applications.

You will work with quant researchers and technology teams to implement time-series analytics, low-latency data pipelines, and scalable solutions across asset classes, with strong emphasis on performance, testing, and production support.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with KDB+/q and Tick architectures.
• Solid understanding of time-series data and high-performance data processing.
• Experience designing low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.
• Familiarity with real-time market data feeds and electronic trading platforms.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Proven programming skills in Java, C++, or Python alongside KDB+/q.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade KDB+ platforms supporting real-time market data and trading applications.
• Implement, customise, and optimise KDB+ Tick architectures for high-volume data processing.
• Develop q-based solutions for financial data modelling and time-series analysis.
• Analyse and optimise system performance to minimise latency across electronic trading platforms.
• Build scalable architectures for large real-time market data across multiple asset classes.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, algorithmic traders, and tech teams to backtest and deploy models.
• Develop data ingestion, storage, and retrieval for high-frequency datasets.
• Perform performance tuning and production support for KDB+ apps.
• Participate in system design, code reviews, testing, deployment, and knowledge sharing.
• Produce technical documentation for the development team.

Skills

KDB+/q

Tick architectures

Time-series databases

Low-latency systems

Real-time market data

Linux scripting

Java

C++

Python

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Singapore is seeking a highly skilled KDB+/q developer to design and optimize enterprise-grade Tick architectures and real-time market data processing for trading applications.

You will work with quant researchers and technology teams to implement time-series analytics, low-latency data pipelines, and scalable solutions across asset classes, with strong emphasis on performance, testing, and production support.