Senior KDB Developer

Please note that we will only be able to accept candidates who have the appropriate rights and documentation for employment in India.

Who we are.

Axi is a leading global provider of margin and deliverable Foreign Exchange, Contracts for Difference (CFDs), and Financial Spread betting. Our business has evolved into a world-class, multifaceted brokerage with offices in six regions. With heavy investment in the latest trading technology, Axi seeks to offer the most comprehensive end-to-end trading experience available, servicing traders of all levels from beginners to institutional-level clients.

Let's talk about the cool stuff you do at Axi!

KDB+/Q Developers work closely with researchers and traders to design, implement, test and maintain Axi's service-oriented kdb+ architecture. The role is responsible for building robust, scalable infrastructure that exposes real-time and historical data to users globally.

This role will own key parts of the production infrastructure and acts as Level 2+ support for critical services during trading hours, requiring both strong technical capability and sound judgement under pressure.

Your EDGE Assignment/You Will

Design & Development

Design and build modules, new functionalities and features within the kdb+ ecosystem, contributing to architectural decisions and technical design reviews.

Develop post-trade analytics, real-time data pipelines and reporting solutions to meet the latency and accuracy requirements of trading and research teams.

Build tooling to monitor system health, data quality and query performance.

Performance & Optimisation

Profile and optimise kdb+ queries and data models to maintain fast query execution as data volumes grow.

Identify and implement solutions to address performance bottlenecks across storage, in-memory processing and inter-process communication

Production Support

Provide Level 2+ support for critical services during trading hours, ensuring rapid diagnosis and resolution of incidents within agreed timeframes.

Interact closely with product owners and the business to research, coordinate and resolve production issues.

Maintain runbooks, alerting and monitoring coverage for owned services.

Collaboration & Ownership

Own the full software development lifecycle for assigned components from requirements and design through to deployment and ongoing maintenance.

Partner with researchers, traders and product owners to translate data requirements into well-engineered solutions.

Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the team.

Are you the one?

Strong hands-on experience in KDB+/Q development with good understanding of kdb architecture and infrastructure.

Experience building and supporting real-time and historical market data systems in trading or financial environments.

Ability to develop and optimize high-performance kdb+ applications, analytics, and data pipelines.

Strong production support experience, including Level