KDB Developer

Crédit Agricole CIB; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Crédit Agricole CIB is seeking a FI Algo trading IT engineer to design, develop, and maintain real-time trading systems. You will collaborate with traders and quantitative teams to build scalable solutions on an FI Algo trading platform, emphasizing Q/KDB+ in production and low-latency design.

The role involves deploying algorithms with compliance checks, building dashboards for performance analytics, and maintaining KDB+ infrastructure while supporting production builds and weekend releases as

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on experience with Q/KDB+ in a production trading environment.
• Strong communication skills and systematic problem-solving approach.
• Solid understanding of software delivery processes, methodologies, and test strategies.
• Experience with low-latency system design and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Partner with traders to understand business needs and identify opportunities to leverage existing solutions across Algo Flow trading.
• Monitor deployment of trading algorithms, ensuring regulatory compliance and adherence to release processes.
• Design, develop, test, and deliver application changes for FI Algo trading desks, including API and schema design with focus on real-time KDB+.
• Design dashboards in Altair Panopticon to monitor trading algorithm performance; perform ad-hoc statistical analysis.
• Maintain and evolve KDB+ infrastructure; develop compliance monitoring tools.
• Provide technical assistance and third-line support to internal Production Support teams; participate in software releases (including out-of-hours/weekend deployments).

Skills

Q/KDB+

Low-latency design

Real-time analytics

Trading desk collaboration

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

JFrog Artifactory

Rundeck

Job description

The position is located within our Global Markets IT department at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). The Global Markets IT (GMI) department manages the global information system across the entire value chain of Global Markets businesses. The GMI teams are primarily located in Paris, London, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore.

The client is looking to strengthen its FI Algo trading IT team to design, develop, and maintain high-performance real-time trading systems. He/she will work closely with traders and quantitative teams to build scalable solutions across Fixed Income algorithmic trading platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements Analysis & Collaboration – Partner with traders to understand business needs and identify opportunities to leverage existing solutions across product lines within Algo Flow trading
• Algorithm Deployment & Compliance – Monitor deployment of new and modified trading algorithms, ensuring regulatory compliance and adherence to release processes
• Core Development – Design, develop, test, and deliver application changes for FI Algo trading desks, including API and schema design with significant focus on real-time KDB+ processes
• Monitoring & Analytics – Design dashboards in Altair Panopticon to monitor trading algorithm performance; perform ad-hoc statistical analysis of algorithm behavior, market data, and client activity
• Platform Maintenance – Maintain and evolve KDB+ infrastructure; develop compliance monitoring tools
• Production Support – Provide technical assistance and third-line support to internal Production Support teams; participate in software releases (including out-of-hours/weekend deployments)

Requirements

• Deep, hands-on experience with Q/KDB+ in a production trading environment
• Strong communication skills and systematic problem-solving approach
• Solid understanding of software delivery processes, methodologies, and test strategies
• Experience with low-latency system design and performance monitoring

Highly Advantageous:

• Familiarity with qspec and qunit testing frameworks
• GitLab (including CI/CD), JFrog Artifactory, and Rundeck deployment tools
• Broader knowledge of data management software evolution

Nice to Have:

• Fixed Income (FI) financial markets knowledge

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Language: Fluent in English, French is a plus.
• Calendar/Holidays to follow: Canada
• Working from Home (WFH): Voluntary basis for up to 2 days per week after 2 months of joining, subject to manager’s discretion.