KDB/Q Developer - Banking
Posted 1 week ago by Harvey Nash IT Recruitment UK
£985 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: KDB+ Developer position available at a leading investment bank in Canary Wharf, offering a contract role with hybrid working arrangements. The role involves collaborating with business units to understand requirements, onboarding new data, and maintaining system stability. Candidates should have hands-on experience with KDB/Q and Unix/Linux, along with strong problem-solving skills. The position 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 life cycle 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 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
KDB+ Developer - sought by leading investment bank based in Canary Wharf - Contract - Hybrid
*Inside iR35*
Role overview:
. 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 life cycle from concept, design, development, testing, deployment and support
. Coordinate with other teams globally
Skills that will help you in the role:
. 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
Please apply within for further details - Matt Holmes, Harvey Nash