Software Engineer (KDB+/Q) - Up to £270,000 + Bonus + Benefits (London)

📈 KDB+/Q Developer

📍 London (Hybrid)

💷 Up to £270,000 + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits

🧑 💻 1+ Years of Experience

🏢 Leading Global Trading Firm

🚀 The Opportunity

A top-tier hedge fund is seeking a KDB+/Q Developer to join its technology team, building next-generation research and analytics platforms at scale.

You’ll be developing ultra-low-latency systems that process massive volumes of real-time market data, directly supporting sophisticated trading strategies across global financial markets. This is a highly impactful role operating at the intersection of data engineering, quantitative research, and electronic trading.

Working closely with Quantitative Researchers, Portfolio Managers, and Traders, you’ll help deliver mission-critical systems that underpin the firm’s competitive advantage.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and optimise high-performance KDB+/q applications for real-time market data processing
• Develop scalable, robust infrastructure for large-scale time-series data and analytics workflows
• Partner with Quant Researchers and Traders to deliver production-grade tools and insights
• Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across critical data pipelines
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions for core trading technology systems

🌟 Why Join?

🧱 Greenfield Engineering

Play a key role in building new systems from the ground up, with real ownership from day one.

⚙️ Deep Technical Challenges

Solve complex, high-performance engineering problems in a latency-sensitive environment.

🧠 Elite Engineering Environment

Collaborate with world-class engineers, quantitative researchers, and trading professionals.

🗣️ Flat, Impact-Driven Structure

Enjoy direct influence over technical design, architecture, and system evolution.

🚀 High Performance Culture

Work in a fast-paced environment where technical excellence and impact are highly valued.

✅ What We're Looking For

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline
• Strong commercial experience with KDB+/Q in production environments
• Experience working with real-time market data, time-series data, or electronic trading systems
• Solid understanding of high-performance, low-latency system design
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in collaborative teams

📩 Interested?

If you're excited about building the core data infrastructure that powers modern quantitative trading, we’d love to hear from you.

📧 Apply now or reach out directly: obloom@hunterbond.com