Senior KDB+/Q Developer

The Culper Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Culper Group is looking for a skilled KDB developer to enhance our real-time analytics platform in a collaborative environment. You will work with KDB versions up to 3.5, contributing to a high-performing framework.

The ideal candidate will have strong design and architecture skills, experience in data capture and analytics, and familiarity with Agile methodologies. Join a dynamic team and assist in the core framework development while interacting with various desk teams across the firm.

Qualifications

• Strong design and architecture skills in KDB development.
• Experience building complex data capture and analytics.
• Understanding of market data and internal order data.

Responsibilities

• Build new functionality for next-generation KDB platform.
• Contribute to the core KDB framework.
• Collaborate with electronic business on reporting and quant research.

Skills

KDB/Q

Data capture

Performance tuning

Agile/Scrum

Communication skills

Core Java

Python

C++

Tools

GIT

Maven

Team City

Job description

TCG offers consultant staffing, employee recruiting, and executive search solutions backed by years of experience developing custom hiring strategies for a variety of technical skills. Our clients range from startups to Fortune 500 companies across North America in the financial services, investment banking, and fintech industries.

Job Description

KDB is the strategic platform for realtime analytics in our firm, across multiple front office desks. The bank has a very robust KDB framework with a mature SDLC. The core framework is actively contributed to by a team of around 20 developers aligned to multiple asset classes and spread geographically around the world.

What we provide:

• An opportunity to work within a large KDB team and contribute to the core KDB framework that underlies all KDB applications in the bank.
• Work on the latest tools including KDB 3.5
• Direct collaboration with the electronic business to aid in the provisioning of reporting and quant research infrastructure
• A challenging environment with a very mature SDLC process.

Qualifications

• A KDB developer with very good design and architecture skills to help build out new functionality for our next generation platform including data permissioning, CEP and business intelligence.
• Extensive experience working with KDB/Q designing and building complex data capture, analytics and performance tuning.
• Exposure to KDB versions up till v3.5
• Preferably, a good understanding of market data and internal order data
• Good understanding of SDLC (Agile, Scrum), Unit testing. Tools like GIT, Maven, Team city
• Exposure to other high level languages like core java, python, C++ and visualization tools
• Strong communication skills and team player

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.