KDB/Infrastructure Developer

Global Investment Bank 

We provide plugins, libraries, support, consulting, and training to the numerous kdb+ using teams throughout the firm.

kdb+ is a part of many critical systems and the right candidate could get exposure to many business areas and have broad impact.  The usage of kdb+ has been increasing and we are constantly striving to find ways to improve non-functional aspects of kdb-based systems such as: scalability, performance, stability, ease-of-use, TCO, etc.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a candidate to:

• Take innovations from within the kdb+ community and generalize/productionize them in a way that serves a wider audience and increases consistency between deployments.
  • This may include C++-based plugins or novel ways of managing/analyzing data in q
  • May require distilling the idea to its fundamentals to integrate with the existing offerings
• Write articles explaining kdb+ techniques and best practices
  • Articles may be targeted at different audiences: developers, users, plant managers, etc.
• Help teams migrate away from custom q code towards current, standardized packages
• Analyze client use cases and devise interesting new kdb+ setups to fit the constraints
• Improve how kdb+ components are built / tested / deployed
  develop/maintain C++ plugins for kdb+ to extend the functionality of q and to permit integration with other systems within Morgan Stanley

Required Skills:

• Technical:
  • kdb+ capacity planning and architecture
  • q programming skills
  • Understanding of UNIX system call API, sockets, etc.
• Soft skills:
  • Commercial mindset (understanding how kdb+ helps the bottom line)
  • Curious about APL-style algorithms/idioms
  • Brings users together and can build consensus over shared artifacts

Desired Skills:

• Technical:
  • C++ programming
  • SQL / stored procedures for any major DBMS
  • Plugin development for any scripting language
  • Assembly language programming for any CPU/architecture
• Soft skills:
  • Love of learning (Coursera, etc.)
  • Negotiation skills