Senior KDB Developer - KDB, Q, KDB Plants, Fixed Income

I am seeking an experienced KDB Developer to join my client who is a leading Investment Bank based in Canary Wharf. You will be joining the Fixed Income e-trading team to help develop enhancements and deliver automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the KDB Framework, actively engaging with business, traders, and quants to innovate and implement enhancements, focusing on automation.
• Provide Real Time support to quants and traders, troubleshooting issues efficiently within the dynamic trading environment.
• Lead the development of new features for the KDB data analytics platform, strengthening infrastructure, and delivering direct support to Fixed Income E-Trading/Sales/Quant desks.
• Take a proactive role in projects aimed at enhancing functionality and ensuring stability, driving alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain tools to streamline support for our cutting-edge proprietary trading platform.
• Identify and pursue opportunities for automating manual tasks across global teams, continuously seeking efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate closely with traders and quants to analyze Real Time requirements, devise solutions, and oversee the entire life cycle from design through deployment.
• Work closely with systems development teams to ensure optimal design, deployment, capacity, and operability.
• Assume full ownership of issues, ensuring comprehensive resolution and driving continuous improvement efforts.

Key Skills:

• KDB
• Q
• KDP Plants
• Fixed Income
• Experience with end-to-end KDB Solutions

This is a contract role, initial 12 months, paying up to £1100 per day PAYE. You will be required to go into the office 2 days per week.

Senior KDB Developer - KDB, Q, KDB Plants, Fixed Income