OKEVA

About the Company

Specialising in IT & Digital recruitment services across the UK, USA & Europe, Our team have extensive experience in interim and permanent talent solutions having worked in the industry for many years. The Okeva team has experience working with end clients including High Growth Businesses, Start-ups, SME and Listed Blue-Chip organisations across the globe.

Our passion is working with businesses who enjoy using bleeding edge technology solutions to make change for the greater good. We realise the world is moving and evolving at a rapid pace more so now than ever, and we would love to share our expertise to help grow and maintain your existing talent pool.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

OKEVA

Job Title

Software Engineer in Test

Job Description

**Job Title** Software Engineer in Test **Role Summary** Design and build test tools and automation frameworks for machine learning and AI infrastructure, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability through cloud-native practices. **Expectations** Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 8+ years in software development, backend systems, or platform engineering. Expertise in Python and cloud-native testing. **Key Responsibilities** - Develop test frameworks, automation, and CI/CD integration for ML/AI pipeline validation. - Implement platform-level testing solutions using Python, Terraform, and cloud infrastructure. - Enhance platform resilience and testability via observability and validation-as-code practices. - Collaborate with engineering, MLOps, and infrastructure teams to integrate quality engineering. - Create reusable, scalable testing components and mentor junior engineers on technical standards. **Required Skills** - Python (OOP, testing frameworks, automation libraries). - AWS (Lambda, S3, ECS/EKS, Step Functions, CloudWatch). - CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins). - Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). - Software testing automation (pytest, Playwright). - Cloud-native development and observability practices. **Required Education & Certifications** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or technical field. No certifications required.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

09-11-2025

Company Name

OKEVA

Job Title

KDB Developer

Job Description

**Job Title:** KDB Developer **Role Summary:** Design, build, and maintain high‑performance, real‑time data systems powered by KDB+ and Q, ensuring scalability, reliability, and seamless integration with downstream analytics and trading applications. **Expectations:** - Proven expertise in KDB+ architecture and Q programming for large‑scale financial data platforms. - Demonstrated ability to develop and optimize tick‑level data stores, handling mixed asset classes (equities, fixed income, FX). - Practical experience with SDLC best practices, agile CI/CD pipelines, and application resilience/Security. - Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; ability to collaborate with traders and quant analysts. **Key Responsibilities:** 1. Design and implement core KDB+ systems and frameworks. 2. Build scalable, low‑latency real‑time processing pipelines for market data. 3. Manage storage and retrieval of extensive cross‑asset datasets (historical & real‑time). 4. Translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver on‑time solutions. 5. Ensure operational stability, performance tuning, and high‑availability of KDB applications. 6. Write clean, maintainable code; conduct peer code reviews. 7. Identify automation opportunities to improve efficiency and reliability. 8. Expose KDB data to cloud‑native services for research and AI workloads. **Required Skills:** - Deep knowledge of KDB+ and Q language. - Experience with tick‑level design, data organization, and query performance tuning. - Hands‑on development of large‑scale, resilient KDB platforms. - Proficiency in SDLC, agile methodologies, CI/CD, and security best practices. - Problem‑solving mindset and creative solution design. - Bonus: - AWS compute and storage services familiarity (e.g., RDS, S3, EC2). - Languages such as Python (PyKX), Java, C, or C++. - Understanding of electronic trading and market data workflows. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). - Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent are advantageous but not mandatory.

London, United kingdom

On site

19-11-2025