KDB+ Developer, Equities Electronic Trading Analytics (Assistant Vice President)

About the role

Citi Equities Technology is looking for an experienced KDB+ developer to join the APAC Equities Electronic Trading team. The role leads the design, development and delivery of business-critical high-frequency, low-latency systems on the KDB+ platform that process market data and generate analytics. It works with a team of developers and collaborates with product development, other technology teams, production support and quality assurance, with close alignment to global strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain business-critical high-frequency, low-latency systems on KDB+ that process market data and generate analytics
• Build and maintain data platforms enabling data management, analytics generation and trading, with optimized data ingestion, storage and retrieval
• Partner with management teams to integrate functions, identify system enhancements and deploy new products and process improvements
• Resolve high-impact problems by evaluating complex business and system processes
• Develop and maintain standards for coding, testing, debugging and implementation
• Use Citi's AI-powered development tools across the software development lifecycle to improve productivity, code quality and innovation

Required profile

• At least 3 years of professional experience in KDB+
• 3-8 years of relevant experience in apps development or systems analysis
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines
• Preferred background in markets electronic trading or market making

Required skills

• Strong understanding of KDB+ and the Q language
• Knowledge of the FIX protocol and experience handling order and market datasets
• Experience with KDB+ application scaling, load balancing, high-availability architectures, large dataset development and query performance optimization