KDB+ Developer

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.