Senior KDB+ Developer (Contract)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Day Rate: Up to £900 per day
Contract: 12 months initally
We're seeking an experienced Senior KDB+ Developer to join a front-office electronic trading technology team in London.
Working closely with traders and technology stakeholders, you'll design and deliver high-performance, real-time KDB+ solutions supporting trading, pricing, risk and analytics platforms. This is a hands-on role within a fast-paced environment, offering direct business engagement and rapid delivery cycles.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and support KDB+ applications and real-time data platforms.
- Work directly with front-office users to understand and deliver business requirements.
- Develop APIs, data models and streaming solutions.
- Build monitoring, analytics and compliance tools.
- Optimise performance across low-latency systems.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor junior developers.
Essential Experience
- Strong commercial experience with KDB+/q.
- Development of low-latency, real-time systems.
- Solid Linux/Unix expertise.
- Performance tuning and monitoring experience.
- Strong understanding of software development and testing practices.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics or a related discipline.
Desirable
- Front-office trading technology experience.
- Fixed Income or Capital Markets knowledge.
- Experience with TorQ, Panopticon, qspec or qunit.
- GitLab, CI/CD and deployment automation experience.
- Agile delivery methodologies.
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