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KDB/Q Developer

KDB/Q Developer

On site

New york, United states

$ 250,000 /year

Junior

Full Time

06-11-2025

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Skills

Architecture Data Architecture Machine Learning

Job Specifications

KDB, Machine Learning, Reference Data, Fixed Income, Market Making
A premier electronic trading firm is looking for a KDB Engineer to take ownership of their reference data architecture.
This isn't maintenance work: they want someone to fundamentally redesign how they handle master data across a massive securities platform. You'd be optimizing time-series queries at scale, building reconciliation logic for multiple vendor feeds, and establishing the technical standards for their data platform going forward.
What makes this compelling: direct collaboration with their core dev team (not siloed in a data team), genuine architectural influence, and exposure to low-latency trading systems once you've made your mark on the infrastructure layer.
Applicants must be able to work in New York City 3 days per week minimum. The client can sponsor visa's for applicants already based in the USA.
Required skills:
- 2-12 years of experience as a KDB, KDB/Q or KDB+ Engineer. We are not looking for people with KDB as a secondary skill: you will be using it as your main focus
- Financial Services experience. We are open to banks, hedge funds, prop trading, market making or asset management backgrounds
- Good knowledge and experience working with timeseries data in a latency-sensitive environment
- Proven ability to take ownership of projects and interface with Front Office stakeholders
Nice to have:
- Reference data experience
- Fixed Income experience
- Machine Learning
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

About the Company

McGregor Boyall is a woman-owned global recruitment consultancy that has been delivering top talent since 1987. With offices across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, we specialise in mid-senior recruitment for Financial Services, Commerce, Industry, and the Public Sector. Our specialisms span all technology verticals and core business functions, and our success is built on our consultants' professionalism, expertise in subject matter, and deep market knowledge. Clients trust us as a strategic partner, consi... Know more