Remote kdb+/q Developer - Trading Data Infrastructure

Procom; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Procom seeks a kdb+/q Developer to own and evolve a real-time and historical market data infrastructure for an ETF trading desk. You will migrate the OneTick estate to kdb+ tick architecture and build scalable data pipelines used by traders and quants.

You will architect the tick stack, manage backups, deployments, and incident responses while collaborating closely with front-office users to translate requirements into robust, maintainable q code.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production kdb+/q experience in trading infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of memory model and IPC.
• Strong knowledge of tick architecture: tickerplant/RDB/HDB, feedhandlers, gateways.
• Proficient in testing, modular design, code review, and documentation.
• Strong Linux and bash; comfortable with OS-level debugging and production runs.
• Solid SDLC discipline and Git proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Architect, extend, and harden the kdb+ tick stack: tickerplant, RDB, HDB, gateways, and feedhandlers.
• Lead migration from OneTick to kdb+: data model, historical backfill, feed cutover, user migration, and decommissioning.
• Maintain and extend feedhandlers for data vendors and internal fair-value feeds.
• Own the fair value/pricing data pipeline and the analytics that sit on top of it.
• Design and operate a multi-terabyte HDB at ~100 GB/day.

Skills

kdb+/q

Git

SDLC

Linux

IPC

Tools

Tickerplant

RDB/HDB

Feedhandlers

Gateways

Backfill

Job description

Procom seeks a kdb+/q Developer to own and evolve a real-time and historical market data infrastructure for an ETF trading desk. You will migrate the OneTick estate to kdb+ tick architecture and build scalable data pipelines used by traders and quants.

You will architect the tick stack, manage backups, deployments, and incident responses while collaborating closely with front-office users to translate requirements into robust, maintainable q code.