Senior KDB+ Developer

Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior KDB+ Developer to design, develop and optimize high performance data platforms built on kdb+. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in kdb+ tick architecture, performance tuning at scale and close collaboration with business stakeholder - particularly within Risk functions - to deliver robust, efficient and maintainable solutions.

What we offer

• Global Relocation - (Relocation options; Experience in an international environment; Cross-cultural experience)

• Recognition and Evaluation - (Feedback culture; Regular appraisals)

• Time Off - (Annual holiday - 20 or 26 days. The duration of the leave depends on the overall seniority; Occasional leave - 1 or 2 days/ depending on the circumstances; Child care leave - 2 days or 16 hours per year; Absence due to force majeure - 2 days or 16 hours per year; Maternity Leave - 20 weeks; Parental Leave - 41 weeks; Paternity Leave - 14 days)

• Luxoft Training Center - (Expert-led tech courses covering basic to advanced topics; Internal instructor-led soft skills courses; Comprehensive in-house self-learning resources for both soft and hard skills; Access to external self-learning libraries like ProQuest eBook and Udemy for Business; Cloud Programs: MS Cloud Academy, AWS Partner Academy, Google Cloud Academy; Custom Learning Programs: upskilling, reskilling, technical mentorship; Leadership Programs for Managers)

• Well-being and Work-life Balance - (Multisport card; Possibility to order Multisport card at the corporate rate for family members; LuxGood Program: wellbeing seminars, contests, relaxation sessions, yoga sessions, etc.; One Team Program: Buddy for each New Joiner; seminars, meeting and workplace space to support integration with local community and culture; “Hire me” workshops for partners; Preferential banking offer; Preferential car leasing offer; Cafeteria program discounts for shops, cinema tickets, holiday offers; Luxoft Social Benefit Fund: sport and recreation benefits, the possibility to receive financial support)

• Health Care - (Private Healthcare Insurance with unlimited access to specialists; Full dental support; Travel Insurance; Possibility to add private healthcare coverage for family members at the corporate rate; Life insurance at the corporate rate for employees and family members, including payment of the basic package for the employee by the employer; Reimbursement for corrective glasses)

• Company Events and Friendly Environment - (Many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team offline in your city; Online entertainment events for whole company and local team events; A workplace where you’re treated with respect within a multicultural team)

• Internal Mobility - (Rotation between projects and accounts; New career opportunities)

• Self-Learning Library

• CSR Projects

Other

• Languages: English: C1 Advanced

• Seniority: Senior

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands on experience in kdb+ development in a production environment.

• Strong expertise in q language including: table design (splayed, partitioned, segmented), In memory vs on disk trade offs, efficient joins, aggregation and windowed analytics

• Deep understanding of kdb+ tick architecture including ticker plant, RDB, HDB nd associated patterns

• Proven experience working with large datasets and optimising queries for performance and scalability

• Strong background in Unix/Linux environments, including shell scripting for automation, monitoring and operational tooling

• Solid understanding of software delivery processes and methodologies (Agile, CI/CD, Version control, release)

• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrating systematic reasoning and problem solving skills

• Knowledge of inter process communication mechanism in kdb+ and integration with external systems

• Experience tuning kdb+ systems for low-latency and high availability

• Familiarity with data quality checks, validation frameworks and operational resilience patterns

• Exposure to financial markets data (market data, trading, risk, post-trade workflows, equity asset class)

• passion for writing clean, efficient and well-structured code

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain kdb+ tick systems with strong understanding of data organization, schema design and the performance implications of different architectural approaches.

• Build and operate solutions handling large scale, high frequency datasets, ensuring low latency, high throughput and efficient memory usage.

• Analyze and optimize q queries, data models and ingestion pipelines for both real time and historical workloads.

• Collaborate closely with Risk function teams to translate business requirements into efficient, scalable and performant code.

• Drive continuous improvement through refactoring, performance benchmarking and adoption of best practices

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, code quality and knowledge sharing.

• Participate in design reviews, production support and root cause analysis of complex system issues.

• Work collaboratively within an Agile or iterative delivery environment, contributing to design, implementation, testing and release phases.