Senior KDB+ Engineer for Low-Latency Trading Platforms

Kforce Inc; Jersey City (NJ); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kforce is seeking a KDB+ Engineer in Jersey City, NJ for a client project. You will design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services, collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end trading workflows, and lead performance tuning.

You will mentor junior engineers, promote engineering best practices, and support production and non-production environments, including weekly on-call rotation. This is an on-site, full-time role with competitive compensation.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent
• 10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience
• Expertise in Java, Python, and Linux
• Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West, Kafka)
• Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases
• Strong background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications
• Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques
• Experience with Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management
• Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines
• Worked with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot)
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy
• Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms

Responsabilidades

• Design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust, end-to-end trading workflows
• Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices
• Support production and non-production environments, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation

Conocimientos

Java

Python

Linux

Low latency messaging

KDB+

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent

Herramientas

GitHub

Maven

Jenkins

Artifactory

uDeploy

AWS

Descripción del empleo

Kforce is seeking a KDB+ Engineer in Jersey City, NJ for a client project. You will design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services, collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end trading workflows, and lead performance tuning.

You will mentor junior engineers, promote engineering best practices, and support production and non-production environments, including weekly on-call rotation. This is an on-site, full-time role with competitive compensation.