Senior KDB+ Developer for Front-Office Fixed Income Trading

Harvey Nash Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 148,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Front-office exposure

Competitive day rate £800-£900

Job summary

Harvey Nash Group is seeking a Senior KDB+ Developer for a Fixed Income algorithmic trading team in London. You will design, build and optimize KDB+/q applications working closely with traders to deliver low-latency pricing, trading and risk solutions.

You will contribute to monitoring, analytics and compliance tooling while supporting deployments and real-time data processing in a hybrid London setup.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in KDB+/q development in a front-office environment.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income markets and products.
• Experience with low-latency real-time data processing.
• Proficient Linux/UNIX knowledge.
• Experience with testing and release processes.
• Excellent communication with traders and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deliver KDB+/q applications for Fixed Income algorithmic trading desks.
• Build and maintain real-time KDB+ processes, APIs and data schemas.
• Work directly with traders to understand requirements and deliver technology solutions.
• Support pricing, trading, hedging and risk management algorithms.
• Develop monitoring dashboards using Altair Panopticon.
• Perform statistical analysis of algorithm performance, market data and trading behaviour.
• Maintain and evolve existing KDB+ infrastructure.
• Develop compliance monitoring tools and provide third-line production support.
• Support software releases and ensure testing and deployment processes.

Skills

KDB+/q development

Front-office trading

Fixed Income knowledge

Low-latency systems

Linux/UNIX

Performance monitoring

Release management

Trader communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Mathematics / Engineering

Tools

TorQ framework

Altair Panopticon

qspec

qunit

GitLab CI/CD

Rundeck Masterdeploy

Agile delivery

Job description

Harvey Nash Group is seeking a Senior KDB+ Developer for a Fixed Income algorithmic trading team in London. You will design, build and optimize KDB+/q applications working closely with traders to deliver low-latency pricing, trading and risk solutions.

You will contribute to monitoring, analytics and compliance tooling while supporting deployments and real-time data processing in a hybrid London setup.