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Job: Senior KDB+ Developer Location: London, UK SUMMARY • Our client, a major global Investment Bank is looking for a Senior KDB developer to join the FI Algo trading IT team in London., • Mission of the eFI Algorithm Trading team in the front office environment is to help develop and analyse the Pricing, Trading, Hedging and Risk Management algorithms for Fixed Income products., • This role is within a small KDB+ development team focused on pricing and risk management for the FI Algo Trading desks., • The team has short feedback cycles, frequent deliveries of hours to days, direct contact to stakeholders and the trading desk. Your core attributes will include: • Clear communication & systematic reasoning., • Deep experience with Q/KDB+ working in a similar environment, experience with TorQ framework for KDB+ advantageous., • Have front office knowledge of the FI business or quantitative finance., • UNIX/Linux OS knowledge., • Knowledge about software delivery processes and methodologies and test strategies., • Familiarity with qspec and qunit frameworks useful., • Knowledge of Altair Panopticon would be a distinct advantage. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Liaise with traders to understand requirements and draw parallels with and leverage on solutions in other products lines within Algo Flow trading, • Help monitor the deployment of new and modified trading algorithms to ensure we are compliant with the firm’s obligations and that the release process is strictly adhered to, • Design, develop, test and deliver application change to meet the needs of the FI Algo trading desks; this will include both API and schema design, and a significant amount of work on real-time KDB+ processes, • Design dashboard in Altair Panopticon to monitor the trading algorithms, • Perform ad-hoc statistical analysis of algorithm performance, behavior, market data, client behavior, • KDB maintenance and evolution, • Compliance monitoring tool development, • Provide technical assistance and 3rd line support to internal Production Support teams, • Participation on software releases which may be performed out of hours/weekends. These responsibilities are not intended to be prescriptive; it is anticipated that staff will be encouraged to undertake activities outside their specific responsibilities. Key Internal contacts • Head of FI Algo IT, • Head of London Bonds IT, • FI Algo traders, • IT Development and Support teams within the FI domains. PROFILE REQUIREMENTS • Experience in KDB Developments, • Low Latency, • LINUX, • Performance monitoring, • Test Strategies, • Broader knowledge of evolutions in the Data management software field, • Familiarity with Gitlab, including Gitlab CI/CD, JFrog Artifactory, and Rundeck Masterdeploy a bonus, • FI financial knowledge, • Agile methodologies 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.