KDB+ Developer
Budapest
Software Development /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Founded in 1999 in Vienna, the Qualysoft Group is a manufacturer-independent IT consulting and services company, which successfully provides support for its international customers with the aim of boosting their competitiveness and economic efficiency through innovative IT solutions.
Its focus is on financial services providers, telecommunications companies, the automotive industry and energy service providers. Over 400 employees in 6 subsidiaries work together to ensure state of the art solutions for our clients.
We are looking for new colleagues in Qualysoft teams for diverse projects providing continuous learning opportunities. Our common goal is to provide honesty, development and a stable background while getting to know the latest technologies. We are waiting for your application for the position below!
This role is part of a global data engineering team within a major financial institution, responsible for the maintenance, distribution, and reporting of critical trading, risk, revenue, and reference data such as client, product, and pricing information.
The team supports high-impact systems that power:
High-performance data infrastructure for front and middle office post-trade processing
Data engineering, visualization, and machine learning initiatives
Real-time and high-frequency trading across multiple asset classes
Authoritative data services supporting core business functions
Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance infrastructure based on KDB+ and Python
- Focus on low-latency ingestion, fast querying, and high availability
- Enable integrations with Java, C#, and Python through native query support
- Build tools to support:
- Data acquisition and ingestion
- Data quality management
- Production support across various asset classes and data frequencies
- Design and implement modular, microservice-based components
- Manage and support billions of daily records and analytics queries
- Contribute to the platform’s architectural evolution by incorporating modern distributed technologies alongside KDB+
Requirements
- Proven experience with KDB+/q development
- Strong scripting skills in Python
- Familiarity with distributed messaging/data platforms such as Kafka and Snowflake
- Understanding of:
- High-frequency, high-volume trading systems
- Low-latency data architectures
- Experience developing:
- Data ingestion pipelines
- Data validation and quality checks
- Operational and production support tools
- Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse, data-focused engineering team
Advantages
- Integration experience with Java, C#, or other technologies alongside KDB+
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and component-based data systems
- Exposure to multi-asset class trading environments
Why we think you will love working here:
With us you count as a person, our doors are always open.
We live the Qualysoft Team Spirit and stand for transparency!
Fresh wind and new ideas are welcome, because standstill is a foreign word at Qualysoft.
