Job Description
Senior KDB Engineer - Global Investment Bank Belfast
Recruiting for the FICC Low Latency Trading technology team at a leading global investment bank with operations across Toronto, London, Dublin, and New York.
About the firm: Major Tier 1 investment bank with a significant presence in Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities markets. Their electronic trading platforms handle critical client pricing and trading activities globally, utilizing cutting-edge low latency technology.
The role: Join a team building strategic low latency e-trading applications covering pricing, order execution, quoting solutions, automated trading, risk management, and data analytics. These systems are mission-critical for front office quants, traders, and enterprise risk.
What you'll do:
* Build and maintain Kdb/q analytics and data pipelines for low latency trading
* Work on market data processing, storage and real-time analytics
* Design frameworks, libraries and APIs for front office systems
* Partner closely with quants and traders on pricing and execution platforms
* Support dealer-to-dealer and dealer-to-client trading solutions
* Apply DevOps practices to highly scalable trading infrastructure
You have:
8-10 years in finance technology (minimum 5 considered)
Deep Kdb/q expertise (architecture, analytics, market data)
Capital markets knowledge - ideally eTrading experience
Experience working directly with front office/business teams
Strong API and framework design skills
Test-driven development and agile methodologies
Highly valued:
* FX, Fixed Income, or Commodities experience
* Surveillance platform experience
* Java or Python programming
* Linux/shell scripting and DevOps tooling
* Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Messaging protocols (gRPC)
The team: Global, cross-functional team spanning multiple financial centers. Strong ownership culture, collaborative environment, and focus on delivering scalable solutions for latency-sensitive trading.
Interested in low latency FICC technology? Apply below
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