# KDB/Q position - NYC **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Support\ **Tags:** kdb-and-q\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/kdb-q-position-nyc/5775 "2008-09-10T19:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![f\_patrick\_burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6de8d8/32.png) [@f\_patrick\_burke](https://forum.kx.com/u/f_patrick_burke)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/kdb-q-position-nyc/5775/1 "2008-09-10T19:29:00Z")
Received: by 10.100.252.17 with SMTP id z17mr80611anh.15.1221071355375; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:29:15 -0700 (PDT)Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:29:15 -0700 (PDT)X-IP: 66.11.211.98User-Agent: G2/1.0X-Google-Token: sKvF7wwAAABVmHw8Ig09ANzfNmXCWUPjX-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)Message-ID: \<06807b8e-91cb-427c-b440-05b6a85dffec@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com\>Subject: KDB/Q position - NYCFrom: Patrick Burke \To: “Kdb+ Personal Developers” X-Google-Approved: [charles.g.skelton@googlemail.com](mailto:charles.g.skelton@googlemail.com) via email at 2008-09-10 19:00:32This position is with one of the top banks in NYC - please contact me,Patrick Burke at 646-747-5166 or [patrick.burke@andiamopartners.com](mailto:patrick.burke@andiamopartners.com) formore details.Position Description: \* Develop and support infastructure to faciliate enterprisedeployment and adoption of KX systems KDB/Q timeseries databaseproduct. \* Develop plugins in C/C++ to allow KDB to integrate with ourmessaging systems (application and market data) and RDBMS systems. \* Help design and deploy an enterprise tick plant \* Write analytics libraries in Q \* Consult with application development groups to help them adoptand benefit from KDB \* Write and support model backtest frameworksSkills Required: \* StrongC/C++ skills - should be very familiar with multithreadedprogramming \* Very high level of competence in using and troubleshooting Linux \* Strong math background \* Decent skills in a scripting language like perl or pythonSkills Desired: \* Hands on experience with KDB, Q or K a significant advantage \* Experience with a functional language like CAML \* Experience using maths/statistics packages such as Matlab/R \* Experience devloping apps for/supporting a trading desk \* Good communication skills Interest in learning new technologies/gaining business knowledge\