KDB/Q Developer - Banking

Summary: The KDB+ Developer role at a leading investment bank in Canary Wharf involves collaborating with business units to understand requirements, onboarding new data, and maintaining system stability. The position requires designing and implementing reconciliations while optimizing code for efficiency. The developer will contribute throughout the development lifecycle and coordinate with global teams. This is a contract position with a hybrid working arrangement and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate with BU to understand the requirements and data flows
• Work with team to onboard new data to the system
• Design and implement reconciliations
• Maintain system stability and support Production reconciliations
• Identify and implement optimizations/efficiencies in the code to reduce latency and resource usage
• Contribute in all phases of development lifecycle from concept, design, development, testing, deployment and support
• Coordinate with other teams globally

Key Skills:

• Hands on experience in KDB/Q
• Hands on experience in Unix / Linux Platform
• Good knowledge of scripting language Python
• Experience with database queries
• Ability to troubleshoot / follow a methodical approach to problem resolution
• Good problem-solving, result-focused, can-do attitude and strong focus to keep the business running and competitive
• Highly motivated, analytical thinking individual, who can work in a demanding, multi-tasking environment
• Exposure to working in a global delivery team
• Comfortable with direct interaction with the business users at all levels
• Have good communication skills

Salary (Rate): £985 daily

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT