Senior KBD Engineer

Job description

Senior KDB Engineer - Global Investment Bank Belfast

Recruiting for the FICC Low Latency Trading technology team at a leading global investment bank with operations across Toronto, London, Dublin, and New York.

About the firm: Major Tier 1 investment bank with a significant presence in Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities markets. Their electronic trading platforms handle critical client pricing and trading activities globally, utilizing cutting-edge low latency technology.

The role: Join a team building strategic low latency e-trading applications covering pricing, order execution, quoting solutions, automated trading, risk management, and data analytics. These systems are mission-critical for front office quants, traders, and enterprise risk.

What you'll do:

• Build and maintain Kdb/q analytics and data pipelines for low latency trading
• Work on market data processing, storage and real-time analytics
• Design frameworks, libraries and APIs for front office systems
• Partner closely with quants and traders on pricing and execution platforms
• Support dealer-to-dealer and dealer-to-client trading solutions
• Apply DevOps practices to highly scalable trading infrastructure

You have:

✅ 8-10 years in finance technology (minimum 5 considered)

✅ Deep Kdb/q expertise (architecture, analytics, market data)

✅ Capital markets knowledge - ideally eTrading experience

✅ Experience working directly with front office/business teams

✅ Strong API and framework design skills

✅ Test-driven development and agile methodologies

Highly valued:

• FX, Fixed Income, or Commodities experience
• Surveillance platform experience
• Java or Python programming
• Linux/shell scripting and DevOps tooling
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Messaging protocols (gRPC)

The team: Global, cross-functional team spanning multiple financial centers. Strong ownership culture, collaborative environment, and focus on delivering scalable solutions for latency-sensitive trading.

Interested in low latency FICC technology? Apply below

#KDB #KdbQ #LowLatency #FICC #FXTrading #FixedIncome #TradingTechnology #Belfast #FinTech #InvestmentBanking #MarketData

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Belfast

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-02-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English