KDB Developer at Virtusa
Toronto
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Jul 1, 2026
Toronto
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building and maintaining kdb+/q applications for real-time and historical market data processing. Day-to-day work covers designing low-latency data pipelines for trading, analytics, or risk systems, optimizing existing q frameworks and databases, and providing Tier 2 production support. The role suits an experienced kdb+/q developer comfortable working across engineering, quant, and business-facing teams.
Senior level · National · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (7)
Role is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — the US-based flag is set to false; US salary benchmarks do not apply. The compensation range (120,000–130,000) is assumed to be in CAD given the Canadian location and no explicit currency symbol beyond the bare numbers.
The job description is light on explicit 'Required' vs. 'Preferred' sections. kdb+/q, real-time data processing, and time-series analytics are treated as hard gates based on the opening framing ('strong expertise in…') and the role's core purpose. No other named technologies appear in the posting.
Note that kdb+ and q are the same technology (q is the language, kdb+ is the database); both are listed as separate skills since the posting names them distinctly, but they are effectively one requirement.
No minimum years of overall experience are stated explicitly in the posting.
Production support (Tier 2) is a stated responsibility but names no specific tool or technology, so it is not emitted as a skill.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): real-time data processing.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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