At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and optimise high-performance KDB+/Q applications for real-time market data.
- Company: Join a leading global trading firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Up to £270,000 salary, bonuses, and exceptional benefits.
- Other info: Enjoy greenfield engineering and direct influence on system design.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced, elite engineering environment.
- Qualifications: Degree in STEM and strong experience with KDB+/Q.
A top-tier hedge fund is seeking a KDB+/Q Developer to join its technology team, building next-generation research and analytics platforms at scale. You’ll be developing ultra-low-latency systems that process massive volumes of real-time market data, directly supporting sophisticated trading strategies across global financial markets. This is a highly impactful role operating at the intersection of data engineering, quantitative research, and electronic trading.
Working closely with Quantitative Researchers, Portfolio Managers, and Traders, you’ll help deliver mission-critical systems that underpin the firm’s competitive advantage.
What You’ll Be Doing- Design, build, and optimise high-performance KDB+/q applications for real-time market data processing
- Develop scalable, robust infrastructure for large-scale time-series data and analytics workflows
- Partner with Quant Researchers and Traders to deliver production-grade tools and insights
- Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across critical data pipelines
- Contribute to architecture and design decisions for core trading technology systems
- Greenfield Engineering: Play a key role in building new systems from the ground up, with real ownership from day one.
- Deep Technical Challenges: Solve complex, high-performance engineering problems in a latency-sensitive environment.
- Elite Engineering Environment: Collaborate with world-class engineers, quantitative researchers, and trading professionals.
- Flat, Impact-Driven Structure: Enjoy direct influence over technical design, architecture, and system evolution.
- High Performance Culture: Work in a fast-paced environment where technical excellence and impact are highly valued.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline
- Strong commercial experience with KDB+/Q in production environments
- Experience working with real-time market data, time-series data, or electronic trading systems
- Solid understanding of high-performance, low-latency system design
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in collaborative teams
If you're excited about building the core data infrastructure that powers modern quantitative trading, we’d love to hear from you.
Software Engineer (KDB+/Q) - Up to £270,000 + Bonus + Benefits (London) employer: Hunter Bond
Join a leading global trading firm in London, where you'll be at the forefront of technology innovation as a KDB+/Q Developer. With a high-performance culture that values technical excellence and offers exceptional benefits, you will have the opportunity to work on greenfield projects, tackle deep technical challenges, and collaborate with elite professionals in a flat, impact-driven structure. This role not only provides competitive compensation but also fosters significant employee growth and ownership from day one.
