SR. KDB+ DEVELOPER

About This Opportunity

CTI Staffing is partnering with a leading global financial services organization to find a Senior KDB+ Developer for their Regulatory Reporting Technology team.

This team builds and maintains mission-critical brokerage reporting applications operating under strict regulatory requirements. You'll work at the intersection of high-volume financial data, complex regulatory compliance, and cutting-edge development — with a direct line to architecture decisions and real ownership of what you build.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain KDB+ applications supporting regulatory reporting across multiple asset classes and brokerage product lines
  
• Collaborate with regulatory reporting business teams to translate compliance requirements into technical solutions
  
• Participate in architecture, design, and analysis activities — not just feature delivery
  
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and application deployment automation
  
• Work within an Agile team environment (Kanban and Scrum) to deliver high-quality, production-grade code
  
• Partner with other brokerage technology teams to ensure data integrity and regulatory accuracy
  
• Contribute to the development of REST microservices and integration with event streaming platforms
  

Requirements

What You Bring

Must-Have:

• Extensive, hands-on KDB+ (q language) development experience — primary language, not peripheral exposure
  
• 10+ years of combined experience across foundational development languages: KDB+, Java, Python
  
• Proficiency in Linux and Bash scripting
  
• Experience with application deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines (Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible)
  
• Experience with source control in Git/Bitbucket for feature-driven development
  
• Experience working in Agile environments (Kanban and Scrum)
  
• Ability and willingness to work fully onsite at one of the listed locations (relocation required if not already local — September transition to 5 days/week onsite)
  

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Apache Kafka or other event streaming platforms
  
• Familiarity with Control-M or similar job scheduling tools
  
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
  
• Experience with UI frameworks (Angular, React) — 5+ years preferred
  
• Familiarity with Artifactory, Apigee API registry, or uDeploy
  
• Background in regulatory reporting, brokerage operations, or capital markets
  

Technical Environment:

• Primary: KDB+ / q language
  
• Languages: Python, Java, Linux/Bash
  
• DevOps: Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Bitbucket/Git
  
• Streaming: Apache Kafka
  
• Databases: Relational + NoSQL
  
• Scheduling: Control-M (familiarity)
  
• Architecture: REST microservices
  

What Success Looks Like:

• Within 90 days: Fully onboarded, contributing KDB+ features to regulatory reporting pipelines in production
  
• Within 6 months: Independently owning components of regulatory reporting architecture with zero critical defects
  
• Ongoing: Trusted technical contributor who participates in architecture decisions and delivers under regulatory-grade quality standards