KDB Developer

Long Finch Technologies

Jersey City, NJ

Posted On: Nov 20, 2025

Posted On: Nov 20, 2025

Job Overview

Job Type

Contract - W2, Contract - Independent

Experience

10 - 16 Years

Salary

Depends on Experience

Work Arrangement

On-Site

Travel Requirement

0%

Required Skills

  • KDB
  • Q language
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • optimizing query performance
  • KDB+ technology
  • KDB+tick design
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
  • Developing core systems and frameworks based on KDB+ technology.
  • Building scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodologies.
  • Storing large amounts of cross-asset market data (e.g., equities, fixed income, FX) for real-time and historical access.
  • Partnering with business stakeholders, including traders and quantitative analysts, to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Ensuring the operational stability, resiliency, and performance of KDB applications.
  • Developing high-quality production code and participating in code reviews.
  • Identifying opportunities for automation and improving the overall stability of software applications.
  • Making KDB data accessible to cloud-native applications for research and AI purposes. 

 

Required Qualifications/Skills
  • Deep understanding of KDB+ technology and the Q language. This is a hands-on role, and expertise in building large-scale platforms is often required.
  • Experience with KDB+tick design and data organization, as well as the performance implications of different architectural approaches.
  • Practical experience developing/running large datasets, optimizing query performance, and building resilient/high-availability KDB applications.
  • Proficiency in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and advanced understanding of agile methodologies like CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively about solutions. 

 

Preferred Skills
  • AWS Experience: Many positions mention current migration projects to AWS, so knowledge of AWS compute services and storage tiers is a plus.
  • Programming Languages: Experience in other languages such as Python (including PyKX), Java, C, or C++ is often beneficial.
  • Financial Markets Knowledge: Fundamental knowledge of electronic trading markets, from market data to order placement, is highly valued. 

Job ID: LF250156


Posted By

Mayank Rawat

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