KDB developer

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Job Title: Senior KDB Developer Experience: 5+ Years

Location: United Kingdom

Employment Type: FTC 12 Month

About The Role We are seeking a highly skilled Senior KDB Developer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in kdb+/q , real-time data processing, time-series analytics, and production support.

In this role, you will design and develop high-performance market data solutions, optimize existing systems, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, low-latency applications for trading, analytics, and risk management platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain kdb+/q applications for real-time and historical data processing
• Build scalable and low-latency data pipelines for market data, trading, analytics, and risk systems
• Optimize existing q frameworks, databases, and applications for performance and reliability
• Provide Tier 2 production support, including issue debugging, log analysis, and system troubleshooting
• Collaborate with business users, quants, analysts, and engineering teams to gather and understand requirements
• Ensure data integrity, system stability, and high availability across platforms
• Participate in code reviews, performance tuning, and best practice implementation
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design discussions

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with kdb+ / q programming
• Experience working with real-time streaming and time-series data
• Strong understanding of market data systems, trading platforms, or financial analytics
• Experience building high-performance and low-latency applications
• Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and production support experience
• Familiarity with distributed systems and large-scale data processing
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Capital Markets, Trading, or Financial Services domain
• Exposure to cloud platforms and containerized environments
• Knowledge of Python, Java, or other programming languages is a plus
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Why Join Virtusa

• Work on cutting-edge real-time data and trading systems
• Opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled engineering and quantitative teams
• Fast-paced and innovation-driven environment
• Career growth and learning opportunities in financial technology

Interested candidates can apply by sharing their updated CV at [email protected] Provide Tier 2 production support, debugging issues, analyzing logs, and resolving data or system problems

Collaborate with business users, quants, analysts, and other engineering teams to understand requirements.