Senior KDB+ Front-Office Trading Developer

Talan Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Talan is seeking a Senior KDB+ Developer to join a high-performing front-office technology team in London, supporting Fixed Income electronic and algorithmic trading activities. You will design, develop and enhance pricing, trading, hedging and risk management solutions for Fixed Income products, delivering real-time analytics and trading capabilities with rapid feedback cycles.

You will work closely with traders, quantitative specialists and technology teams to create robust, scalable systems,

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial experience developing with KDB+ / q in a front-office or electronic trading environment.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including design, testing and delivery methodologies.
• Experience developing and supporting real-time data processing systems.
• Good knowledge of UNIX/Linux environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with traders and business stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of Fixed Income products, electronic trading, market data or quantitative finance.
• Experience with the TorQ framework.
• Knowledge of qSpec, qUnit or similar automated testing frameworks.
• Exposure to trading algorithm governance, monitoring or compliance tooling.
• Previous experience mentoring developers or leading technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with traders and stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver effective technical solutions.
• Design, develop, test and deploy enhancements to Fixed Income algorithmic trading and risk management platforms.
• Build and maintain high-performance real-time KDB+ processes, schemas and APIs.
• Develop solutions for trading surveillance, compliance monitoring and algorithm oversight.
• Create monitoring and visualisation dashboards using Altair Panopticon where appropriate.
• Perform ad hoc statistical and quantitative analysis of trading algorithm performance, market data and client activity.
• Support the ongoing maintenance, optimisation and evolution of KDB+ infrastructure and applications.
• Contribute to release management processes, ensuring robust controls and adherence to governance standards.
• Provide technical guidance to junior developers and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Deliver third-line support and technical expertise to production support and operational teams.

Skills

KDB+ / q

UNIX/Linux

Real-time data processing

TorQ framework

qSpec

qUnit

Fixed Income domain

Mentoring/leadership

Front-office trading

Software engineering fundamentals

Tools

TorQ

Altair Panopticon

Job description

Talan is seeking a Senior KDB+ Developer to join a high-performing front-office technology team in London, supporting Fixed Income electronic and algorithmic trading activities. You will design, develop and enhance pricing, trading, hedging and risk management solutions for Fixed Income products, delivering real-time analytics and trading capabilities with rapid feedback cycles.

You will work closely with traders, quantitative specialists and technology teams to create robust, scalable systems,