Senior KDB+ Developer for Capital Markets Real-Time Data

Expedite Talent Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job description

Description: Job Title* KDB Developer

Work Location : New YorkNY10013 (Fully Onsite)

Vendor Rate* ***/hr

Contract duration (in months)* 6

Job Details:

• Data Analyst
• SQL
• Business Analysis

Seeking experienced KDB+ professionals with (2–8+ years dedicated KDB+/q experience) to support the development, enhancement, administration, and maintenance of a large-scale KDB platform supporting global Capital Markets businesses across Fixed Income, FX, and Equities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and support KDB+ applications and platform components.
• Design and optimize solutions for real-time and historical market data processing.
• Manage and support large-scale KDB environments handling petabyte-scale data and 500+ users.
• Integrate KDB+ with real-time messaging platforms such as Solace, Kafka, and ION.
• Implement DevOps, automation, monitoring, and platform reliability practices.
• Troubleshoot performance issues and ensure platform stability and scalability.

Required Skills

KDB+ & q

• Strong experience in KDB+ development, administration, and production support.

Deep understanding of:

• oq language, data structures, and datatypes
• oArray-oriented programming
• oq-SQL and KDB-specific joins (asof, window joins)
• oKDB database architecture, storage, and query optimization
• oInter-process communication
• oTickerplant, RDB, HDB, Gateway, and chained process architectures

Real-Time Data Platforms

• Experience integrating KDB+ with Solace, Kafka, or ION.
• Strong understanding of real-time market data processing and distribution.

Capital Markets

• Strong domain knowledge of:
  • oFixed Income
  • oFX
  • oEquities
• Experience with trading, market data, or risk analytics platforms.

DevOps & Production Support

• CI/CD, deployment automation, and environment management.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as ITRS Geneos.
• Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support skills.

Preferred Experience

• Managing enterprise-scale KDB platforms with petabyte-scale datasets.
• Supporting global trading environments and mission-critical data platforms.

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