KDB Developer @ GFT Poland

GFT is hiring a Senior KDB Developer to join our client’s Global Markets Data & Analytics organization. You’ll design, build, and deploy time series systems powering pre trade, at trade, and post trade analytics across Equities, FX, and Rates. The role combines hands on q / KDB+ engineering with performance optimization and collaboration across Trading, Quant, and Platform teams.

You will lead end to end development of low latency market data capture and analytics services in KDB+ / q, integrate with upstream market / exchange feeds and downstream trading analytics, and improve resiliency, latency, and throughput of GW / RDB / HDB tiers. You’ll be part of a global delivery team (GFT + client) operating in a fast paced, production critical environment.

Hybrid work mode from one of our locations — 2 days per week on-site (Łódź, Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, or Wrocław).

However, we’re also open to candidates based outside these locations who prefer to work remotely.

Why join GFT?

You will work with and learn from top IT experts. You will join a crew of experienced engineers : 60% of our employees are senior level.

Interested in the cloud? You will enjoy our full support in developing your skills : training programs, certifications and our internal community of experts. We have strong partnerships with top cloud providers : Google, Amazon and Microsoft - we are number one in Poland in numbers of GCP certificates. Apart from GCP, you can also develop in AWS or Azure.

We are focused on development and knowledge sharing. Internal expert communities provide a comfortable environment where you can develop your skillset in areas such as blockchain, Big Data, cloud computing or artificial intelligence.

You will work in a stable company (32 years on the market) in demanding and challenging projects for the biggest financial institutions in the world.

We offer you :

• Hybrid work mode from one of our locations — 2 days per week on-site (Łódź, Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, or Wrocław).

However, we’re also open to candidates based outside these locations who prefer to work remotely

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GFT is hiring a Senior KDB Developer to join our client’s Global Markets Data & Analytics organization. You’ll design, build, and deploy time series systems powering pre trade, at trade, and post trade analytics across Equities, FX, and Rates. The role combines hands on q / KDB+ engineering with performance optimization and collaboration across Trading, Quant, and Platform teams.

You will lead end to end development of low latency market data capture and analytics services in KDB+ / q, integrate with upstream market / exchange feeds and downstream trading analytics, and improve resiliency, latency, and throughput of GW / RDB / HDB tiers. You’ll be part of a global delivery team (GFT + client) operating in a fast paced, production critical environment.

Hybrid work mode from one of our locations — 2 days per week on-site (Łódź, Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, or Wrocław).

However, we’re also open to candidates based outside these locations who prefer to work remotely.

Why join GFT?

You will work with and learn from top IT experts. You will join a crew of experienced engineers : 60% of our employees are senior level.

Interested in the cloud? You will enjoy our full support in developing your skills : training programs, certifications and our internal community of experts. We have strong partnerships with top cloud providers : Google, Amazon and Microsoft - we are number one in Poland in numbers of GCP certificates. Apart from GCP, you can also develop in AWS or Azure.

We are focused on development and knowledge sharing. Internal expert communities provide a comfortable environment where you can develop your skillset in areas such as blockchain, Big Data, cloud computing or artificial intelligence.

You will work in a stable company (32 years on the market) in demanding and challenging projects for the biggest financial institutions in the world.

We offer you :

However, we’re also open to candidates based outside these locations who prefer to work remotely

,[Drive the design and development of real time market data and analytics services on KDB+ / q (GW / RDB / HDB / tickerplant, pub / sub, CEP), Own technical delivery : requirements, solution design, coding, testing, deployment, and production support in low latency environments, Collaborate with Traders, Quants, and Technology to deliver high performance analytics (asof joins, windowed analytics, intraday aggregations), Optimize for latency and throughput (IPC, memory layout, partitioning, attributes, OS tuning, NUMA, hugepages), Implement and harden ETL pipelines for tick capture and reference data enrichment; integrate with Kafka and streaming services where applicable, Contribute to coding standards, code reviews, and test automation for q / KDB+ (including PyKX integration points), Ensure observability (metrics, tracing, logging), production readiness, and on call excellence., Risk & Compliance : Appropriately assess risk in decisions, protect client reputation and assets, comply with applicable laws, regulations, and policies, apply sound ethical judgment, and escalate issues transparently] Requirements : kdb+, Q, q / KDB+, Python, PyKX, Linux, Unix, UNIX / Linux, trading systems, GW, RDB, HDB, TCP / IP, UDP, Data engineering, KDB, Kubernetes, Cloud, Terraform, Ansible, Container, CI / CD Additionally : Home office, Knowledge sharing, Life insurance, Sport subscription, Training budget, Private healthcare, International projects, Integration events, Free coffee, Playroom, Free snacks, Free beverages, In-house trainings, In-house hack days, Modern office, Free fruits.