Junior KDB Developer

Role Title: Junior KDB+ Developer

Location: London, UK

On-site working

Full time employment

Start Date: ASAP

Overview

• Our consultant will be sitting within our client's eFX technology department that 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.
• The role is within a small team focused on pricing and risk management for the electronic trading desk for FX, and for MIS-style reporting information for wider sales teams and interested parties. The team has short feedback cycles, frequent deliveries in the range of hours to days, direct contact to stakeholders and the trading desk.

Mandatory key skills to perform the duties

• Solid experience with Q/KDB+ creating and managing large KDB stacks.
• Knowledge of software delivery process and methodologies.
• UNIX OS knowledge.

Desirable skills to have added value

• Clear communication & systematic reasoning.
• Have front office knowledge of the FX business or quantitative finance.
• Knowledge of data visualisation tools like Altair Panopticon or Power BI 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.
• Provide technical assistance and 3rd line support to internal KDB+ Production Support teams.
• Participation in software releases which may be performed out of hours/weekends.
• Participate in sprint planning and estimation and provide regular status updates to project managers.

WHO WE ARE

Quanteam Group is a Consulting firm specialized in the Capital Markets industry, in Paris, London, Krakow, Brussels, New York and North Africa.

Since 2007, our 800 consultants provide major clients (Corporate & Investment Banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Brokers and Insurance Companies) with expertise in several projects such as Financial Engineering, Quantitative Research, Regulatory Implementation, IT Transformation & Innovation.

The firm mainly takes part in:

• Business consulting: Quantitative research, Risk management (e.g. Market risk, credit risk, counterparty risk), Banking regulations (e.g. Basel III, Solvency II, FATCA, EMIR, MiFID), Pricing & Valuation, Organizational Transformation & Process Improvement.
• IT & Information systems consulting: Business Analysis, Project Management, Change management, Front Office Support (functional and technical), Development (e.g C++, Python, C#, Java, VBA), Financial Software (e.g. Sophis, Murex, Summit, Calypso), IT Transformation & Innovation.

As part of Quanteam Group, Quanteam UK & PL has today more than 80 consultants, working for major Capital Markets institutions in London and Krakow.