Senior KBD Engineer

Company: Durlston Partners
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Location: Belfast
Job Description:

Recruiting for the FICC Low Latency Trading technology team at a leading global investment bank with operations across Toronto, London, Dublin, and New York.

About the firm:

Major Tier 1 investment bank with a significant presence in Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities markets. Their electronic trading platforms handle critical client pricing and trading activities globally, utilizing cutting-edge low latency technology.

The role:

Join a team building strategic low latency e-trading applications covering pricing, order execution, quoting solutions, automated trading, risk management, and data analytics. These systems are mission-critical for front office quants, traders, and enterprise risk.

What you’ll do:

  • Build and maintain Kdb/q analytics and data pipelines for low latency trading
  • Work on market data processing, storage and real-time analytics
  • Design frameworks, libraries and APIs for front office systems
  • Partner closely with quants and traders on pricing and execution platforms
  • Support dealer-to-dealer and dealer-to-client trading solutions
  • Apply DevOps practices to highly scalable trading infrastructure

You have:

  • ✅ 8-10 years in finance technology (minimum 5 considered)
  • ✅ Deep Kdb/q expertise (architecture, analytics, market data)
  • ✅ Capital markets knowledge – ideally eTrading experience
  • ✅ Experience working directly with front office/business teams
  • ✅ Strong API and framework design skills
  • ✅ Test-driven development and agile methodologies

Highly valued:

  • FX, Fixed Income, or Commodities experience
  • Java or Python programming
  • Linux/shell scripting and DevOps tooling
  • Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Messaging protocols (gRPC)

The team:

Global, cross-functional team spanning multiple financial centers. Strong ownership culture, collaborative environment, and focus on delivering scalable solutions for latency-sensitive trading.

Interested in low latency FICC technology? Apply below

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Posted: April 11th, 2026