Software Engineer (KDB+/Q and Python)

We are partnering with a leading global financial institution known for its strong presence in credit trading and quantitative technology innovation. The team is building and evolving next-generation trading infrastructure that powers critical front-office decision-making across global markets.

This is a high-impact engineering role sitting at the AVP level, focusing on the design, development, and modernization of large-scale KDB+ and Python-based systems that support real-time market data and trading analytics.

Requirements:

• Strong experience building and working with KDB+/Q-based systems, ideally in environments handling tick data, time-series datasets, or real-time market data flows
• Solid Python development experience
• Exposure to front-office /electronic trading technology environments, across asset classes such as credit, equities, FX, rates, or commodities
• Proven track record working on high-performance, low-latency systems in trading or large-scale data environments
• Familiarity with modern data platforms and cloud-enabled architectures (e.g. containerised deployments, Databricks, Snowflake) would be highly advantageous

If you are interested, please apply to the job post or contact me at

xuanxuan.lim@ambition.com.sg

Regrettably, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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