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# KDB+/q Developer

- **Company:** Selby Jennings
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Algorithmic Trading, Data Analysis, Big Data, Systems Theories, Python (Programming Language), KDB+, Low Latency
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815450100-kdbq-developer

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience with KDB+/q
 * Proficiency in Python and its application within data-intensive environments
 * Solid Linux/Unix systems knowledge
 * Experience working with financial market data and real-time trading systems
 * Strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for building high-performance systems
 * Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technology and front-office teams

## Description

* Designing, building, and enhancing KDB+/q applications that underpin real-time trading and research systems
 * Developing and maintaining critical market data infrastructure across trading, analytics, risk, and compliance functions
 * Creating APIs, schemas, and data models that support trading platforms, quantitative research workflows, and simulation environments
 * Optimising system performance, scalability, resilience, and latency across large-scale data platforms
 * Partnering closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers to deliver high-impact technology solutions
 * Investigating production issues and ensuring the robustness of business-critical trading applications
 * Driving continuous improvements to platform architecture, tooling, and engineering standards


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