KDB Developer

Job Title: KDB Developer

Work Location: New York, NY 10013 (Fully Onsite)

Rate: $42/hr w2

Client: Infosys (Visa Independent candidates)

Position: 2

Contract duration (in months)* 6

Job Details:

Must Have Skills (Top 3 technical skills only) *

1. Data Analyst

2. SQL

3. Business Analysis

Seeking experienced KDB+ professionals with (2-8+ years dedicated KDB+/q experience) to support the development, enhancement, administration, and maintenance of a large-scale KDB platform supporting global Capital Markets businesses across Fixed Income, FX, and Equities.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and support KDB+ applications and platform components.

Design and optimize solutions for real-time and historical market data processing.

Manage and support large-scale KDB environments handling petabyte-scale data and 500+ users.

Integrate KDB+ with real-time messaging platforms such as Solace, Kafka, and ION.

Implement DevOps, automation, monitoring, and platform reliability practices.

Troubleshoot performance issues and ensure platform stability and scalability.

Required Skills

KDB+ & q

Strong experience in KDB+ development, administration, and production support.

Deep understanding of:

o q language, data structures, and datatypes

o Array-oriented programming

o q-SQL and KDB-specific joins (asof, window joins)

o KDB database architecture, storage, and query optimization

o Inter-process communication

o Ticker plant, RDB, HDB, Gateway, and chained process architectures

Real-Time Data Platforms

Experience integrating KDB+ with Solace, Kafka, or ION.

Strong understanding of real-time market data processing and distribution.

Capital Markets

Strong domain knowledge of:

o Fixed Income

o FX

o Equities

Experience with trading, market data, or risk analytics platforms.

DevOps & Production Support

CI/CD, deployment automation, and environment management.

Experience with monitoring tools such as ITRS Geneos.

Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support skills.

Preferred Experience

Managing enterprise-scale KDB platforms with petabyte-scale datasets.

Supporting global trading environments and mission-critical data platforms.