Role Description

• We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join the FI eTrading team under the role of Senior KDB Developer - FICC IT

Responsibilities

• Work with KDB Framework and liaise with business/traders/quants to develop enhancements and deliver automation
• Troubleshoot issues faced by quants/traders in a Real Time trading environment
• Delivery of new functionality to the KDB data analytics platform, infrastructure, as well as provide support directly to the Fixed Income E-Trading/Sales/Quant desks.
• Contribute and own projects delivering enhancements & stability improvements on behalf of the business teams.
• The build and maintenance of tools, to industrialize support of a cutting-edge in-house trading platform.
• Constantly challenging and seeking new areas for automation of manual tasks from the global team.
• Working with the traders and quants- analysing requirements Real Time from users and technical support colleagues, designing and prototyping solutions, through to testing and deployment.
• Work with systems development teams ensuring best design, deployment, capacity and operability.
• Working with the quants- analysing requirements Real Time from users and technical support colleagues, designing and prototyping solutions, through to testing and deployment.
• Ownership of problems to complete resolution

Essential Skillset/Experience

• Strong KDB and Q language skills to handle time series data
• Experience with end-to-end KDB solutions (Infrastructure as a Code included)
• Experience of designing KDB plants.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income business, products and markets.
• Can operate at a KDB Advisory level.
• You've been involved within complex programmes/multiple projects across multiple work streams/global locations.
• Involved with plans, risk & issues and dependencies.
• Excellent communication skills & ability to influence project design and scope.
• Excellent senior stakeholder management & change management skills.
• Ownership of problems to complete solution, requirement gathering and cross project engagements.
• Work with systems development teams ensuring best design, deployment, capacity and operability.
• Experience in automating the delivery pipelines and building a self-resilient platform

If you're a senior KDB Developer, we're keen to hear from you