RBC · 1 month ago
Director, Lead KDB+ Developer
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$210K/yr - $275K/yr
10+ years expRBC is a leading bank in the world, and they are seeking a Director, Lead KDB+ Developer to lead the technical design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems. The role involves building a low-latency data and analytics platform, partnering with various teams, and ensuring SDLC excellence while mentoring a global team.
BankingFinancial ServicesWealth Management
Responsibilities
Lead engineering to build a cross-asset, low-latency data and analytics platform for Global Markets
Partner with Quants and Research across Equities, FX, Rates, Credit, Futures, Options, and Swaps to translate requirements into production solutions
Architect and operate a hybrid time-series platform that unifies real-time streaming, historical compute, and governed feature stores
Own the end-to-end trade analytics lifecycle: ingestion, validation, feature engineering, signal generation, back testing, deployment, and monitoring
Set and meet strict latency, throughput, and reliability SLAs for live analytics and trading use cases
Establish SDLC excellence with CI/CD, automated testing, observability, change management, documentation, and incident response
Lead and mentor a global team, coordinate delivery across time zones, and enforce data governance, entitlements, lineage, and compliance
Qualification
Required
10+ years of KDB+ architecture and development for enterprise market data and analytics, covering real-time and historical compute at scale
Experience integrating KDB+ with Databricks and Snowflake, plus containerization, orchestration, advanced monitoring, and data quality frameworks
Proven track record building and optimizing low-latency applications for trading and analytics
Strong understanding of asset classes and market microstructure across equities, FX, rates, credit, and derivatives
Hands-on experience with cloud-based, horizontally scalable systems for back testing and simulation that deliver reproducible results
Proficiency with Linux and modern CI/CD pipelines; capable in Python and familiar with C for performance-critical components
Benefits
Discretionary bonus
401(k) program with company-matching contributions
Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
Paid time-off plan
Company
RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$16.3B2025-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2025-09-15Post Ipo Debt· $1.35B
2025-07-10Post Ipo Debt· $177.74M
Leadership Team
Graeme Hepworth
Chief Risk Officer
Kelly Bradley
Chief Human Resources Officer
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