At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and enhance analytics capabilities for trading platforms and market data feeds.
- Company: Leading financial tech firm focused on high-performance data solutions.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with potential for significant career advancement.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team to shape the future of data analytics in finance.
- Qualifications: Strong KDB/q skills and experience in data engineering required.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 100000 £ per year.
Salary: £100,000 - £100,000 per year
Requirements
- Several years of commercial experience in data engineering and analytics development in a similar high-performance environment
- Strong KDB/q development skills (core focus)
- Solid Linux engineering experience, including awareness of low-level networking and kernel-level understanding
- Knowledge of large-scale storage systems, data distribution, and resilience/failover strategies
- Familiarity configuring and operating AWS services and Kubernetes-based infrastructure
- Experience working with Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 market data feeds
- Background in big data performance tuning, analytical workflows, and data visualization
Responsibilities
- Build and improve analytics capabilities to provide clearer visibility across new and existing business areas
- Develop scalable data pipelines to capture, clean, and store high-volume datasets from internal trading platforms and external market data feeds
- Create and refine efficient data-access frameworks to support live dashboards, execution performance analysis, and market microstructure research
- Design and implement complex event processing (CEP) workflows to detect data issues in real-time and generate actionable signals
- Diagnose problems and continuously strengthen platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
- Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from initial research and prototyping through delivery, testing, deployment, and ongoing support
Technologies
- AWS
- Big Data Support
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Cloud
KDB Developer employer: Sivara GmbH
As a KDB Developer at our company, you will thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment that prioritises employee growth and collaboration. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a culture that encourages continuous learning and development, all while being located in a vibrant area that fosters creativity and networking opportunities. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of data analytics and performance.
We think you need these skills to ace KDB Developer
KDB/q Development
Linux Engineering
Networking Knowledge
Kernel-Level Understanding
Large-Scale Storage Systems
Data Distribution
Resilience/Failover Strategies
