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Hawksworth

KDB Developer - London - Hybrid - £100k- £120k + bonus + package

On site

London, United Kingdom

£ 120,000 / year

Full Time

13-02-2025

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Job Specifications

Hawksworth UK are now recruiting for a Permanent KDB+ Developer for a London Investment Banking client.

The role is:
Permanent
Hybrid working – 3 days working in the office per week
Central London Location
£100k - £120k base + Bous + Package

The Job:
The opportunity sits in eFX technology which is responsible for a suite of applications and services that form the core of the eFX business line servicing clients, internal Sales, and other branches of the group. The suite includes connectivity to markets and multi-dealer venues, single dealer platform, pricing and trader tools, and supports FX spot, forward, options and deposits.
The services are implemented in C#, Java and KDB+.
The FX business is looking to improve their electronic footprint by leveraging KDB+ to determine client toxicity, back-testing and parameterisation of trading strategies, real time generation of key technical indicators, etc.

Skills & experience you will need:
Tenure as a KDB+ Developer (Essential experience)
Clear communication & systematic reasoning.
Deep experience with Q/KDB+ working in a similar environment.
Have front office knowledge of the FX business or quantitative finance.
UNIX OS knowledge.
Knowledge about software delivery process and methodologies.
Knowledge of Altair Panopticon would be a distinct advantage

Key Responsibilities
Work closely with the FX front office team by taking requirements and developing user analytics and solutions to aid MIS, pricing/trading algorithms and ultimately P&L.
Prototype solutions in a fast, agile manner with numerous demands from Front Office teams.
Be comfortable performing analysis and manipulation of large data sets in a high frequency low latency environment.
Provide technical design, architecture and infrastructure expertise to support the growing KDB+ footprint within the bank.
Participate in the development of all aspects of product delivery including design documents, functional specifications, unit testing and component build.
Participation on software releases which may be performed out of hours/weekends.

If you are a KDB developer and looking for a new opportunity please apply now or contact me on richard@hawksworthuk.com.

We look forward to hearing from you.

About the Company

Hawksworth is a global search firm specialising in Data, Tech & Product, with offices in the UK and Australia. We were established in 2010 and proudly partner some of the most progressive tech and financial services companies in the market, providing contract, permanent and retained searches. Here are some of our clients: Allianz insurance, Crédit Agricole, Suncorp insurance, Chubb insurance, Canada Life / Pensions, Marsh McLennan - Insurance, McLaren, FNZ (Wealth FinTech), GBST (Wealth FinTech), Roboyo, SS&C/Blue Prism, T... Know more

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