Data Intellect

Financial Services

Seniorkdb+Engineer

£95–135k ~AI est. Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom FULL TIME
The Brief

“Senior kdb+ Engineer at Data Intellect. Skills: kdb+, Time-series data, System design. Lead technical delivery. Design kdb+ architectures”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solvers

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years kdb+ development, Deep expertise in q, Deep expertise in time-series data, Experience designing kdb+ architectures, Experience scaling kdb+ systems, Unix/Linux environments background, Scripting background, Technical leadership experience, Decision-making experience, Excellent communication skills

Nice to Have

Experience with AI tooling, Experience with Claude, Experience with Co-Pilot, Experience with Python, Experience with AWS, Experience with GCP, Experience with Azure, Experience with other time-series databases, Exposure to tick data, Exposure to real-time analytics, Exposure to electronic trading systems, People management experience, Team leadership experience

What You'll Do.

Lead technical delivery

Design kdb+ architectures

Implement kdb+ architectures

Handle billions of rows

Collaborate with quants

Collaborate with traders

Collaborate with analysts

Translate business needs

Mentor junior developers

Guide mid-level developers

Own development lifecycle

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Client projects; Quants, traders, analysts

Communication Scope

Explain complex systems

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