KDB Developer

Barclays UK; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Join us as a KDB developer to create and maintain KDB business facing functionality and infrastructure used for research and analytics in the credit business. The role will require the authoring of APIs and visualization layers for products utilized by the SM&D team and sales and trading teams in our businesses in Markets, as well as contributing to core components used more widely across the firm. This includes writing and maintaining high-quality code, working to enhance the optimization framework and also to maintain all the models and feeds that are required for production trading.
The successful candidate is expected to engage in product development, client support, and production of high-quality content for client and trader education.

Accountabilities:

• Provide best in class service to Barclays clients.
• Work with respective trading desk and technology to ensure implementation of business logic is as designed and fit for purpose.
• Build and maintain back testing and simulation framework.
• Design frameworks and functionality for the development and delivery of analytics.
• Implementation, testing, and productionisation.
• Understanding of existing bank processes.
• Proactive identification of problems and issues and resolution of them.
• Provision of required support in a timely manner and to high quality.
• Participation in team peer reviews of code, modelling, and testing.
• Participation in team knowledge sharing and presentations.
  

Essential skills:

• Experience with software development and have worked extensively with Q/KDB & Python.
• Experience with handling and analyzing large amounts of tick data.
• Experience of building production quality infrastructure is essential.
• Experience with big data analysis & visualization.
• Good written and verbal communication skills to a wide audience are essential.
• Experience of e-trading development is desirable.
• PhD or master's degree in a quantitative, mathematical, or scientific discipline is preferred.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Python and Java languages.
• Understanding of any of rates, credit, and FX markets.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in our London Location.

Purpose of the role:

To design, develop, and evolve trading, risk management, and other platforms that facilitate trading and regulatory objectives within the investment banking domain.

Accountabilities:

• Design, development, and maintenance of high-performance trading platforms, risk systems, and applications catering to the needs of traders and market participants.
• Collaboration with traders, strategists, and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient technological solutions.
• Implementation of new features, enhancements, and functionalities on trading platforms to improve performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Stay updated on technological advancements, industry trends, and best practices to drive innovation and continuous improvement in trading platforms.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams including business aligned SM&D teams, strats, compliance, and IT to address system issues and implement solutions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations:

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross-functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.