Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd Hiring! Full Time KDB - Software Engineering - Equity Derivatives Systematic Trading in - Ricebowl

Responsibilities:

• Join a high-performing agile team focused on building and delivering advanced technology solutions for systematic trading.
• This role offers the opportunity to shape the next-generation data platform supporting equity derivatives trading strategies.
• You will be instrumental in designing and developing a modern KDB-based platform.
• You’ll create scalable data systems and APIs that empower quantitative researchers and trading teams to analyze data, generate signals, and execute strategies.
• Collaboration with electronic trading, quantitative research, and trading stakeholders is central to this role.
• Design and implement scalable KDB systems to manage real-time and historical data, including market data, risk, pricing, and analytics
• Work closely with trading and quantitative teams to gather requirements and build data-driven solutions for derivatives strategies and performance analysis
• Develop innovative software solutions and troubleshoot complex technical issues
• Serve as a subject matter expert for KDB applications supporting systematic trading
• Write secure, efficient, and production-ready code; review and debug code from peers
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve system stability
• Collaborate with support teams to ensure platform reliability and performance

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• At least 5+ years of hands-on experience with KDB/Q
• Strong understanding of KDB+ tick architecture, data modeling, and performance tuning
• Experience handling large-scale datasets and building high-availability KDB systems
• Proven experience working with quantitative, algorithmic, or trading teams
• Solid background in system design, development, testing, and production support
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automation, and agile development practices
• Strong understanding of application resilience, scalability, and security
• Experience with Terraform and Kubernetes in cloud environments
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with using LLMs in search or analytics workflows, including prompt engineering
• Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or Java
• Understanding of market data systems and vendor platforms

Application:

• Apply to this job posting, and email your CV with the job title as the subject line to: *************