Senior KDB+ Engineer, Vice President

Citi

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Work type
Remote
Location
Jersey City, NJ
Salary
$142,320–$213,480 / yr
Posted
36 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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This role $178k
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TL;DR · Senior KDB+ Engineer, Vice President

Senior KDB+ Engineer, Vice President joins the APAC Equities Electronic Trading team within the Citi Equities Technology organization. This senior role focuses on building and supporting a strategic analytics backbone for the Equities Electronic Trading product. The successful candidate will design, develop, and maintain business-critical high frequency and low latency systems on the KDB+ platform to process market data and generate analytics from required datasets. Key responsibilities include developing platforms for optimized data ingestion, storage, and retrieval while collaborating with product teams to integrate functions and improve processes. The role requires expertise in KDB+, Q language, FIX protocol, and handling order and market datasets. Technical requirements include experience in application scaling, load-balancing, high-availability architectures, and query performance optimization. This position addresses critical challenges within the markets electronic trading and market making domains.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain high-frequency, low-latency systems on the KDB+ platform.
  • Process market data and generate analytics from required datasets for Equities Electronic Trading.
  • Build and maintain platforms optimized for data ingestion, storage, retrieval, and management.
  • Partner with management to integrate functions, identify system enhancements, and deploy new products.
  • Resolve high-impact problems by evaluating complex business processes and technical systems.
  • Establish and maintain standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
  • Utilize AI-powered development tools throughout the software development life cycle.
  • Serve as a coach and advisor to mid-level developers while managing work allocation.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree, university degree, or equivalent experience is required.
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in KDB+ technology and Q language is required.
  • 6 to 10 years of relevant experience in applications development or systems analysis roles are required.
  • Knowledge of FIX protocol and experience handling order and market datasets are required.
  • Experience with KDB+ application scaling, load-balancing, high-availability architectures, and query performance optimization is required.
  • A preferred background in Markets Electronic Trading or Market Making domains is desired.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals, and meet deadlines is required.

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