Senior KDB Developer

TESTQ Technologies Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

TESTQ Technologies Limited is seeking a skilled developer to enhance the Global FX MI and Analytics platform in Greater London. The role with a strong emphasis on application security includes responsibilities such as developing key analytics features, collaborating with teams to implement solutions, and ensuring the quality of data access feeds.

Successful candidates will possess strong analytical skills and experience with test-driven development, along with an understanding of security practices and data analysis.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of specification-based testing and automation.
• Strong understanding of q language structures and coding.
• Experience in multiple programming languages valued.

Responsibilities

• Develop key parts of the Global FX MI and Analytics platform.
• Implement API-based functionality to enhance solutions.
• Contribute to designing scalable analytic solutions.

Skills

Test-Driven Development

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Team player

Application Security

Data Analysis

Job description

• Develop key parts of the Global FX MI and Analytics platform
• Work closely with quants and electronic tech team in implementing fitforpurpose solutions
• Contribute to designing and architecting tick data access feeds and scalable analytic solutions
• Implement APIbased functionality
• Contribute to and expand common components tools and APIs
• Focus on automation around metrics builds and testing

Skills Required

• TestDriven BehaviourDriven Development with emphasis on specificationbased testing
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with demonstrable knowledge of market data trade data and basic statistical concepts
• Ability to query analyse and combine vast amounts of data
• Team player with excellent communication skills
• In depthUnderstanding of q language structures and writing performant code
• Familiar with kdb tick architecture
• Ability to adjust to a dynamic environment
• Appreciates differences in style or perspective and uses differences to add value to decisions
• Exposure to all aspects of SDLC including build automation deployment and support
• Experience in a second programming language whether oo or functional greatly valued

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Application Security (application security framework/ threat modelling/ Secure SDLC/ DevSecOps/Application Security Architecture Review), Data Analysis