KDB Developer
Posted Today by Hunter Bond
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The KDB Developer role involves working within a Client Engineering team in the FinTech sector, focusing on developing, testing, and maintaining code for client applications. The position requires collaboration with software teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, particularly for market data and analytics applications. The role also includes mentoring junior developers and ensuring code quality and standards. This is a long-term engagement with hybrid working arrangements based in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather and translate business requirements into technical solutions for market data and analytics applications
- Design, develop, test and maintain kdb+ applications and supporting services
- Support full project delivery lifecycle, including debugging, optimisation and production support
- Perform data analysis and build reporting/analytics outputs for stakeholders
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to code quality, standards and team delivery
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience with kdb+ and strong proficiency in q for time-series data processing
- Experience building real-time and historical data pipelines (tick data capture, ingestion, querying, and distribution systems)
- Proficiency in additional languages such as Python or Java, including API integration (REST, messaging frameworks)
- Familiarity with Linux-based environments, scripting, and networking concepts (process management, sockets, IPC)
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and containerisation tools (Docker/Podman), plus CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of market data platforms and financial systems (e.g., Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv Eikon) and understanding of time-series databases and distributed systems
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
KDB Developer - Outside IR35 Contract
London, UK - Hybrid Working
Long-Term Engagement on a Rolling Contract
May Start Date
Our client, a leader in the FinTech space are searching for a KDB Developer to add to their Client Engineering team! You'll be working alongside Software teams to develop, test and maintain all code for client applications.
Responsibilities will include :
- Gather and translate business requirements into technical solutions for market data and analytics applications
- Design, develop, test and maintain kdb+ applications and supporting services
- Support full project delivery lifecycle, including debugging, optimisation and production support
- Perform data analysis and build reporting/analytics outputs for stakeholders
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to code quality, standards and team delivery
Technical Skills needed :
- Hands-on experience with kdb+ and strong proficiency in q for time-series data processing
- Experience building real-time and historical data pipelines (tick data capture, ingestion, querying, and distribution systems)
- Proficiency in additional languages such as Python or Java, including API integration (REST, messaging frameworks)
- Familiarity with Linux-based environments, scripting, and networking concepts (process management, sockets, IPC)
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and containerisation tools (Docker/Podman), plus CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of market data platforms and financial systems (e.g., Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv Eikon) and understanding of time-series databases and distributed systems
jevans@hunterbond.com for more information!