Senior Lead Software Engineer, Equity Derivatives Systematic Trading
On-site · Singapore, Singapore
Job Summary
Senior Lead Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver scalable KDB-based systems for Equity Derivatives Systematic Trading. Build real-time and historical data stores and APIs to support Quant teams researching signals and implementing trading strategies. Collaborate with Electronic Trading Tech, Quantitative Research, and trading teams to modernize the data infrastructure, optimize KDB performance, and ensure operational stability. Responsible for production-grade code, code reviews, and automation to improve reliability. Lead SME efforts for KDB applications and partner with support teams for platform maintenance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
- 5+ years of hands-on professional experience with KDB/Q
- Deep understanding of KDB+ tick design, data organization, and performance optimization
- Experience developing and running large datasets, optimizing query performance, and building resilient, high-availability KDB applications
- Experience collaborating with quant, algo, or trading teams to deliver data solutions
- Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
- Experience with scaling and load-balancing KDB applications
- Experience with Terraform and Kubernetes for managing production environments in public cloud
- Design and architecture of public cloud applications - AWS (preferable), Azure, GCP
- Experience with other programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java)
- Experience with market data venues and vendor data platforms
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