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Senior kdb+ Developer

Data Intellect

Belfast

Hybrid

GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled technical leader to drive innovative solutions in the financial sector. This role involves providing guidance on client projects, leading technical teams, and defining architectures that meet client needs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in kdb+ development and a strong background in Capital Markets. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, this position offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact client success. Join a forward-thinking team that values camaraderie and embraces challenges, and take your career to new heights with exciting opportunities for growth and international travel.

Benefits

Flexible working
Continuous professional development
Internal progression opportunities
International travel opportunities
Healthcare cover
Generous referral scheme
Regular social events, prizes and giveaways

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of kdb+ development experience required.
  • Proven delivery of technical solutions and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership on client projects and mentor junior developers.
  • Define technical architectures and deliver projects on time.

Skills

kdb+ development
technical leadership
Unix/Linux environments
communication skills
Capital Markets/Investment Banking
cloud architecture
Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics
Bachelor's Degree in Physics
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

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Company Description

Every question matters, every pathway, direction, thought process and conversation. Because every challenge makes us stronger, more knowledgeable, more determined and more valuable to our clients.

We're not big on egos and we're not for the faint hearted. We stand for camaraderie, collaboration and change.

Welcome to Data Intellect.

Challenge Accepted.

Job Description

What you'll be doing:

  1. Providing technical leadership on client projects
  2. Leading technical teams to deliver projects on time and on budget
  3. Defining technical architectures and solutions
  4. Working with business users to define requirements for new application functionality
  5. Developing, testing, supporting and maintaining all code for client applications
  6. Analysing data and creating reports for clients, incorporating all findings
  7. Mentorship, training and potentially management of junior and mid-level developers

Qualifications

Experience and skills required:

  1. 5+ years kdb+ development experience
  2. Experience of defining and implementing kdb+ architectures
  3. Proven delivery of technical solutions to appropriate standards and methodologies
  4. In-depth knowledge of creating and maintaining kdb+ solutions
  5. Experience delivering technical solutions in unix/linux environment
  6. Demonstratable technical leadership and decision making
  7. Experience communicating and liaising with key stakeholders
  8. Excellent communication skills and capable of tailoring to the audience
  9. Desire to improve technically and maintain up to date with the latest advances
  10. Experience of working and delivering solutions in Capital Markets/Investment Banking
  11. Cloud architecture and development experience is a plus but not essential
  12. Minimum 2:1 Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or any other scientific/engineering discipline

Experience and skills desired:

*But don't rule yourself out if you haven't had the opportunity to develop these skills yet

  1. Contributes to company ecosystem
  2. Experience of other programming languages e.g. Python
  3. Cloud development and architecture experience
  4. Experience of other data solutions, specifically Time Series Experience in an investment bank or large financial organisation
  5. People management experience

Additional Information

What's on offer:

  1. Flexible working - we offer hybrid working so our people can achieve that elusive work/life balance.
  2. Continuous professional development - we offer extensive paid for training, ranging from leadership to specific technical skills.
  3. Internal progression opportunities - we run biannual internal promotion processes and monthly 121s with your people leader to support and guide you in the right direction.
  4. International travel opportunities - whether you're a home bird or a jetsetter, we offer the opportunity to work in London, New York, Hong Kong & Singapore to name a few...
  5. Healthcare cover - dependent on region, UK is provided by Benenden Health, including 24/7 GP & Mental Health Helpline.
  6. Generous referral scheme - we love to see referrals coming through and referring a friend means cash for you!
  7. Regular social events, prizes and giveaways - our talented social committee work hard all year round to provide exciting events across all regions and they're open to suggestions.

A little background on DI

Simply put - we turn big data problems into smart data solutions.

At our core, Data Intellect is a data and technology consultancy firm. Our key area of expertise is financial and capital markets technology solutions. However, the utility of these solutions allow us to apply fintech data expertise to other industries such as smart energy and healthcare.

This proprietary offering is complemented by a wealth of experience in data engineering, electronic trading systems, data capture applications, regulatory and compliance systems and middle and back-office enterprise web solutions.

Fair employment and equal opportunities

Data Intellect is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusion and diversity.

If you have a disability, accommodations are available on request throughout the assessment and selection processes.

Ready to accept the challenge?

Apply now.

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