Senior KDB Developer
Posted Today by Square One Resources
£600 Per day
Inside
Onsite
City of London, UK
Summary: The Senior KDB Developer role involves designing, developing, and optimizing KDB+ solutions for a leading Tier 1 US-headquartered global investment bank. The position requires extensive experience in KDB+ and q programming, with a focus on high-performance database applications for financial market data. The role is on-site in London or Bournemouth, with a contract duration of six months and an immediate start required. The position is classified as inside IR35, with a daily rate of £600.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of high-performance KDB+ databases and applications for critical financial market data and analytics.
- Optimise existing KDB+ systems for latency, throughput, and data storage efficiency, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
- Collaborate closely with Front Office traders, quantitative analysts, and other technology teams to gather requirements, define specifications, and deliver tailored solutions.
- Develop and maintain Real Time and historical market data ingestion, processing, and query frameworks.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues within a demanding, low-latency production environment.
- Contribute to architectural discussions, define best practices for KDB+ development, and ensure adherence to coding standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers within the project team.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from initial concept through to deployment and ongoing support.
Key Skills:
- A minimum of 7 years of hands-on professional experience in KDB+ and q programming.
- Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and optimising large-scale, high-volume, low-latency KDB+ systems preferably within a financial services context.
- Proven expertise in KDB+ performance tuning, including schema design, query optimisation, memory management, and inter-process communication.
- Strong experience with Real Time data ingestion, processing, and distribution mechanisms.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed computing principles.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with stringent deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Job Title: Senior KDB Developer
Location: London or Bournemouth (5x days on-site per week)
Salary/Rate: £600 Per Day inside IR35
Start Date: Must be immediately available
Job Type: Initial 6 month contract
Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled and experienced Senior KDB+ Developers for a unique opportunity to be Embedded within a critical, high-impact engagement at a leading Tier 1 US-headquartered global investment bank.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
You will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and optimising cutting-edge KDB+ solutions that underpin the bank's most demanding front-office, market data, and risk management systems.
This role offers the chance to leverage your deep technical expertise within a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment, contributing directly to the success of a world-renowned financial institution while benefiting from our clients extensive professional development and career progression opportunities.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of high-performance KDB+ databases and applications for critical financial market data and analytics.
- Optimise existing KDB+ systems for latency, throughput, and data storage efficiency, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
- Collaborate closely with Front Office traders, quantitative analysts, and other technology teams to gather requirements, define specifications, and deliver tailored solutions.
- Develop and maintain Real Time and historical market data ingestion, processing, and query frameworks.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues within a demanding, low-latency production environment.
- Contribute to architectural discussions, define best practices for KDB+ development, and ensure adherence to coding standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers within the project team.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from initial concept through to deployment and ongoing support.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- A minimum of 7 years of hands-on professional experience in KDB+ and q programming.
- Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and optimising large-scale, high-volume, low-latency KDB+ systems preferably within a financial services context.
- Proven expertise in KDB+ performance tuning, including schema design, query optimisation, memory management, and inter-process communication.
- Strong experience with Real Time data ingestion, processing, and distribution mechanisms.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed computing principles.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with stringent deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:
- Experience with other programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
- Deep understanding of financial market data (eg, equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives, commodities) and its application in KDB+ for analytics, trading, and risk management.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (eg, AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerisation technologies (eg, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of distributed systems and big data technologies.
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working collaboratively on common codebases using git
- Understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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