Historical Market Data – KDB+ Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title Historical Market Data – KDB+ Engineer

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

Location Cary, NC

Who we are:

In short – an essential part of Deutsche Bank’s technology solution, developing applications for key business areas.

Our Technologists drive Cloud, Cyber and business technology strategy while transforming it within a robust, hands-on engineering culture. Learning is a key element of our people strategy, and we have a variety of options for you to develop professionally. Our approach to the future of work champions flexibility and is rooted in the understanding that there have been dramatic shifts in the ways we work.

Having first established a presence in the Americas in the 19th century, Deutsche Bank opened its US technology center in Cary, North Carolina in 2009. Learn more about us here.

Overview

As a KDB+ Developer in our Fixed income and Currencies (FIC) Technology, Market Data team, you will play a pivotal role in building and supporting our numerous global time-series market data platforms. You will be at the heart of the Bank’s strategic data infrastructure, enabling critical services such as intraday and historical market data, transaction capture, and regulatory reporting. By collaborating across regions and business lines, you will help shape the architecture and delivery of platforms that power quant analysis, risk management, and trading decisions. By joining us, you will be part of a high-impact team driving innovation and sustainability in financial technology.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration

• A hybrid working model with up to 60% work from home, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days

• A commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility

• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement

• Access to a strong network of Communities of Practice connecting you to colleagues with shared interests and values

• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Hands on coding in kdb/q (knowledge of Java is a plus but not essential)

• Face off to the Business in multiple regions to understand requirements and translate it into design and delivery

• Work effectively in a small, flat and regionally distributed multi-skilled team which supports kdb platforms for our businesses globally

• Take end-to-end responsibility for delivery: working with other IT groups to define and deliver proper hardware infrastructure, deploy kdb components and work with Support teams to establish monitoring

• Be heavily involved in architectural design discussions to help shape the strategic direction of our platforms

Skills You’ll Need

• Extensive development experience with KDB+

• Deep exposure to financial market data

• Strong understanding of KDB architecture and design best practices

• Solid background in financial services and financial market data workflows

• Thorough grounding in fundamental software engineering and computer science principles: object-oriented design, structured design, databases, algorithms, data structures, usability, refactoring, debugging, and configuration management

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Ability to collaborate with high-performing teams and those throughout the Firm to accomplish common goals

• Excellent communications skills, able to communicate clearly and effectively

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Cary office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in Cary is $100,000 to $142,250. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work lo