Lead Software Engineer

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 10, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Design, develop, and maintain kdb+/q applications and scalable, low-latency pipelines for real-time and historical market data processing. Optimize existing frameworks and applications, provide Tier 2 production support, and collaborate with business users, quants, analysts, and engineering teams.

Job details

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior KDB Developer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in kdb+/q, real-time data processing, time-series analytics, and production support. This role involves designing high-performance market data solutions, optimizing existing systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and low-latency applications. Design, develop, and maintain kdb+/q applications for real-time and historical data processing Build scalable and low-latency data pipelines for market data, trading, analytics, or risk systems Enhance existing q frameworks and optimize performance across applications and databases. Provide Tier 2 production support, debugging issues, analyzing logs, and resolving data or system problems Collaborate with business users, quants, analysts, and other engineering teams to understand requirements.

What you’ll do

Requirements

The role calls for a highly skilled senior kdb+/q developer with expertise in real-time data processing, time-series analytics, and production support. Candidates should be able to build and optimize high-performance market data solutions and work effectively with cross-functional teams.