KDB+ Developer (VP to Director) / Electronic Trading & Quant Analytics/ Algo Trading/ Hong Kong

The role:

A leading global investment banking platform is looking to hire a senior KDB+/Q Developer to join its electronic trading and quantitative analytics technology team in Hong Kong.

This is a highly visible front-office aligned role focused on building and supporting a global KDB+ analytics platform used by quant and trading teams across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Development and support of a global KDB+/Q analytics platform
• Working closely with Quants on transaction cost analysis, analytics, and data requests
• Managing real-time and historical market data infrastructure
• Supporting algo execution analytics and trading infrastructure
• Building analytics APIs and improving system integration across the trading stack
• Production support, troubleshooting, and platform optimisation within Linux environments

Requirements:

• Strong commercial KDB+/Q development experience
• Strong Linux environment exposure
• Background within electronic trading, market data, execution analytics, or quantitative trading environments
• Experience with market data feeds, such as Refinitiv / RRDT preferred
• Good communication skills and ability to work directly with Quants and trading teams
• Stable career history strongly preferred

Additional Information:

• Permanent senior IC position
• Front-office aligned role with strong business exposure
• No live coding interview (take-home KDB assessment only)
• Hong Kong-based preferred

For a confidential discussion, please contact: [email protected]