State Street
Financial Services
Seniorkdb+Developer,VicePresident
“Senior kdb+ Developer, Vice President at State Street. Skills: kdb+, q, Python, AWS, high-performance data platforms, large-scale performance tuning, quantitative analysis. Design and develop key components of BestX’s multi‑asset analytics platform. Architect, build, and maintain kdb+ tick systems”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver robust, efficient, and maintainable solutions; ensuring low latency, high throughput, and efficient memory utilisation; improve execution quality and meet evolving regulatory requirements at scale
Industry & Context.
large-scale performance tuning; analyse and optimise q queries, data models, and ingestion pipelines; architectural trade-offs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of hands-on kdb+ development experience, expertise in kdb+/q and Python, Proficiency with modern data science toolchains, including Jupyter, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, with applied machine-learning experience, Solid understanding of parallel computing frameworks such as Slurm or equivalent technologies, background in quantitative analysis, including mathematical modelling, statistics, regression, and probability theory, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related STEM discipline from a top-ranked university, Hands-on experience with AWS and/or other modern cloud-based infrastructure
Nice to Have
Domain knowledge in FX, Fixed Income, Equities, or Equity Derivatives, Additional expertise with kdb+ in complex, production-scale environments, Exposure to modern JavaScript build toolchains, including Node. js, npm, Rush, Yarn, Webpack, Babel, and Cypress
What You'll Do.
Design and develop key components of BestX’s multi‑asset analytics platform
and maintain kdb+ tick systems
Develop and operate systems that process large‑scale
high‑frequency datasets
Analyse and optimise q queries
and ingestion pipelines
Apply modern Agile development practices across cloud‑based
and database‑driven systems
Build a understanding of Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) and key regulatory benchmarks required for MiFID and MiFIR
Take full ownership of deliverables
driving work through from design to production
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
works closely with quantitative and engineering teams; work on complex, high-performance systems alongside leading engineers, quants, and product teams
Process & Methodology
Agile development practices
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