Senior KDB+/q Developer

atyeti pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

atyeti pte. ltd. seeks an experienced Quantitative Developer to design, implement, and optimise enterprise-grade KDB+ platforms for real-time market data and trading applications.

You will build scalable, low-latency architectures across equities, FX, futures, and other asset classes, collaborating with researchers, traders, and engineers to deliver production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of software development experience with significant hands-on KDB+/q.
• Experience in investment banking, capital markets, hedge funds, prop trading firms, or fintech.
• Experience supporting front-office trading environments.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies and distributed computing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade KDB+ platforms for real-time market data and trading apps.
• Implement and optimise KDB+ Tick architectures for high-volume, low-latency processing.
• Develop solutions using q for financial data modelling and time-series processing.
• Analyze and optimise system performance to minimise latency across trading platforms.
• Build scalable architectures for real-time market data across equities, FX, futures, and more.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, traders, and tech teams to develop and backtest trading models.
• Develop data ingestion, storage, and retrieval for high-frequency datasets.
• Perform performance tuning, profiling, and troubleshooting of KDB+ apps.
• Participate in system design, code reviews, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Produce technical documentation and share knowledge within the team.

Skills

KDB+/q

Time-series DB

Low-latency

Distributed systems

Linux/Unix

Python

C++/Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or related discipline

Tools

KDB+

KDB+Tick

Linux

Java

C++

Python

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design,develop,andmaintainenterprise gradeKDB+platformssupportingreal-timemarketdataandtradingapplications.
• Implement,customise,andoptimiseKDB+Tickarchitecturesforhigh-volume,low-latencymarketdataprocessing.
• Developsolutionsusingtheqprogramminglanguageforfinancialdatamodelling,analytics,andtime-seriesdataprocessing.
• Analyseandoptimisesystemperformancetominimiselatencyacrossproprietaryelectronictradingplatforms.
• Buildscalablearchitecturescapableofhandlinglargevolumesofreal-timemarketdataacrossEquities,ForeignExchange(FX),Futures,andotherassetclasses.
• Collaboratecloselywithquantitativeresearchers,algorithmictraders,andtechnologyteamstodevelop,backtest,anddeployquantitativetradingmodels.
• Developdataingestion,storage,andretrievalsolutionsforhigh-frequencyfinancialdatasets.
• Performperformancetuning,troubleshooting,andoptimisationofexistingKDB+applications.
• Participateinsystemdesigndiscussions,codereviews,testing,deployment,andproductionsupport.
• Producetechnicaldocumentationandcontributetoknowledgesharingwithinthedevelopmentteam.

Required Technical Skills

• Stronghands-onexperiencedevelopingapplicationsusingKDB+andtheqprogramminglanguage.
• ProvenexperienceimplementingandcustomisingKDB+Tickarchitectures.
• Strongunderstandingoftime-seriesdatabasesandhigh-performancedataprocessing.
• Experiencedesigninglow-latency,high-throughputdistributedsystems.
• Knowledgeofreal-timemarketdatafeedsandelectronictradingplatforms.
• ExperiencewithLinux/Unixenvironmentsandshellscripting.
• StrongprogrammingskillsinoneormorelanguagessuchasJava,C++,orPythonalongsideKDB+/q.
• Experiencewithperformancetuning,profiling,andlatencyoptimisation.

Domain Knowledge

Theidealcandidateshouldhaveexperiencewithincapitalmarketsorinvestmentbanking,includingknowledgeof:

• ElectronicTrading(eTrading)
• MarketDataPlatforms
• AlgorithmicTrading
• QuantitativeResearch
• OrderManagementSystems(OMS)
• ExecutionManagementSystems(EMS)
• Equities,ForeignExchange(FX),Futures,andotherfinancialinstruments
• Time-seriesfinancialdataandmarketmicrostructure

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor'sdegreeinComputerScience,Engineering,Mathematics,Finance,orarelateddiscipline.
• 8+yearsofsoftwaredevelopmentexperience,includingsignificanthands-onexperiencewithKDB+/q.
• Experienceworkingininvestmentbanking,capitalmarkets,hedgefunds,proprietarytradingfirms,orfinancialtechnologyorganisations.
• Experiencesupportingfront-officetradingenvironments.
• Familiaritywithcloudtechnologiesanddistributedcomputingisanadvantage.

What We're Looking For

• Stronganalyticalandproblem-solvingskills.
• Abilitytoworkeffectivelyinfast-paced,low-latencytradingenvironments.
• Excellentcommunicationskillswiththeabilitytocollaboratedirectlywithtraders,quantitativeanalysts,andbusinessstakeholders.
• Experiencedeliveringrobust,scalable,andproduction-readysolutions.
• Abilitytoworkindependentlywhilecontributingtocross-functionalprojectteams.