Senior KDB Developer

This role will own key parts of the production infrastructure and acts as Level 2+ support for critical services during trading hours, requiring both strong technical capability and sound judgement under pressure.

Your EDGE Assignment/You Will

Design & Development

• Design and build modules, new functionalities and features within the kdb+ ecosystem, contributing to architectural decisions and technical design reviews.
• Develop post-trade analytics, real-time data pipelines and reporting solutions to meet the latency and accuracy requirements of trading and research teams.
• Build tooling to monitor system health, data quality and query performance.

Performance & Optimisation

• Profile and optimise kdb+ queries and data models to maintain fast query execution as data volumes grow.
• Identify and implement solutions to address performance bottlenecks across storage, in-memory processing and inter-process communication

Production Support

• Provide Level 2+ support for critical services during trading hours, ensuring rapid diagnosis and resolution of incidents within agreed timeframes.
• Interact closely with product owners and the business to research, coordinate and resolve production issues.
• Maintain runbooks, alerting and monitoring coverage for owned services.

Collaboration & Ownership

• Own the full software development lifecycle for assigned components from requirements and design through to deployment and ongoing maintenance.
• Partner with researchers, traders and product owners to translate data requirements into well-engineered solutions.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the team.

Are you the one?

• Strong hands-on experience in KDB+/Q development with good understanding of kdb architecture and infrastructure.
• Experience building and supporting real-time and historical market data systems in trading or financial environments.
• Ability to develop and optimize high-performance kdb+ applications, analytics, and data pipelines.
• Strong production support experience, including Level 2+ support, incident management, and troubleshooting critical systems during trading hours.
• Good understanding of query optimization, system monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments and managing production systems.
• Strong problem-solving, ownership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Prior exposure to low-latency trading or market data platforms is highly preferred

Axi's bag of delights

• Competitive and attractive compensation.
• Extensive learning opportunities, such as professional training and certifications and soft skills development.
• 18 annual leave days per year.
• 12 sick days leave per year.
• Public holidays as declared by local government.
• Maternity leave as per law.
• Health Insurance.

Axi's interview journey

• Talent Acquisition Interview (45 minutes)
• Hiring Manager Interview (1 hour)
• Final Interview (45 minutes)

At Axi, we prioritise creating a workplace that upholds fairness and respect for all. We encourage every individual within our community to contribute towards a culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is treated with the dignity they deserve. We make all employment-related decisions—whether in hiring, compensation, training, performance reviews, or termination—based on merit and without bias, ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We consciously work to identify and overcome any unconscious biases, with a commitment to fostering an inclusive environment where every employee and candidate feels genuinely welcomed and valued.

Please note that our organization works with recruitment agencies on a pre-approved basis only. A recruitment agency that wishes to submit candidate profiles or resumes for consideration must obtain prior written consent from our talent acquisition team. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies, and we will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Should we receive an unsolicited resume from a recruitment agency that does not have prior written consent, we will not be responsible for the payment any fees related to the recruitment of the candidate represented in the unsolicited resume.