Senior KDB+ Developer - Fixed Income Algorithmic Trading

Day Rate: £800-£900 per day
Location: London - Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Contract: 12 months, with potential for extension
IR35 Status: To be confirmed

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior KDB+ Developer to join the Fixed Income Algorithmic Trading technology team at a leading global investment bank.

You will work within a front-office environment supporting the development of pricing, trading, hedging and risk management algorithms across Fixed Income products.

This is a hands-on development role within a small specialist team, offering direct exposure to traders, short delivery cycles and the opportunity to provide technical direction to junior developers.

Key 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 appropriate testing and deployment processes.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong commercial experience in KDB+/q development.

  • Experience working in a front-office trading or quantitative finance environment.

  • Strong understanding of Fixed Income products and markets.

  • Experience with low-latency systems and real-time data processing.

  • Strong Linux/UNIX operating system knowledge.

  • Experience with performance monitoring and optimisation.

  • Knowledge of software delivery processes, testing strategies and release management.

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to engage directly with traders and technical stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

  • Experience with the TorQ framework.

  • Altair Panopticon dashboard development.

  • Familiarity with qspec and qunit testing frameworks.

  • GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, JFrog Artifactory and Rundeck Masterdeploy.

  • Agile delivery methodologies.

  • Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or a related discipline.

What's on Offer?

  • £800-£900 per day.

  • Opportunity to work within a front-office Fixed Income algorithmic trading team.

  • Direct interaction with traders and senior technology stakeholders.

  • Interesting real-time KDB+ development across pricing and risk systems.

  • Initial 12-month contract with potential for extension.

Apply

If you are a Senior KDB+ Developer with strong front-office Fixed Income or quantitative finance experience, we would like to hear from you.

Please submit your latest CV for immediate consideration.

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