KDB Developer

Position:
KDB Developer

Company:
Luxoft

Location:
India, Remote

Employment type:
Other

Short Summary:
We are looking for a highly skilled KDB+/q (KX) Developer to join a global financial markets project. You need to have strong expertise in designing, developing, and optimizing high-performance time-series data systems using kdb+/q.

Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance applications using kdb+/q.
- Build and optimize time-series databases for large-scale financial market data.
- Develop and enhance Tick Architecture, including real-time data ingestion and streaming analytics.
- Design end-to-end data ingestion, transformation, storage, and analytics pipelines.
- Work across the Front-to-Back Trade Lifecycle, including trade capture, enrichment, validation, risk, and post-trade processing.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of Trade Surveillance solutions, including market abuse detection, alert generation, and compliance-driven workflows.
- Optimize RDB/HDB performance, query execution, and data storage strategies.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, quantitative teams, and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions.
- Conduct code reviews, establish development standards, and mentor junior developers.
- Drive technical excellence through architectural guidance and development best practices.

Requirement:
- 8 to 10 years of hands-on experience in q and KDB+ development, including architecture and optimization of large-scale time-series data platforms.
- Strong hands-on experience with kdb+/q (KX) development.
- Deep understanding of kdb+ Tick Architecture, RDB/HDB, and streaming analytics.
- Experience designing and optimizing high-performance time-series database solutions.
- Strong knowledge of financial markets and the Front-to-Back Trade Lifecycle.
- Experience with performance tuning, query optimization, and scalable data processing.
- Experience working in Linux/Unix environments.
- Ability to design end-to-end data ingestion, transformation, and analytics pipelines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced Agile environment.
- Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring junior developers.
- Proactive mindset with strong ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.

Benefits:
- Not specified.