Senior KDB+ Developer - Fixed Income

Hawksworth Consulting Pty Ltd — United Kingdom · Posted ~3 hours ago

Senior Contract Hybrid £1300/day

Skills

KDB+ q programming fixed income Linux/Unix financial market data q Linux

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A senior developer role supporting financial trading technology. The position requires deep expertise in high-performance databases, market data systems, and collaboration with trading teams.

Highlights

High-impact contract role working on advanced financial technology systems and large-scale market data environments.

Description

Hawksworth are recruiting now for a Senior KDB+/q Developer to join a leading European Investment Bank within its Fixed Income Algo Trading technology team. London – Hybrid, 3 days onsite per weekContract – 6 months +Rate: £1300 PER DAY Inside IR35 We are looking for a KDB specialist with strong experience working within Fixed Income / Front Office trading technology. Key experience: • Deep commercial KDB+ / q development experience • Strong Fixed Income knowledge – ideally Rates, Credit, Bonds, FICC or Algo/eTrading • Experience working in a Front Office trading environment • Experience working directly with Traders, Quants and technology teams • KDB development, maintenance and performance optimisation • Linux / Unix experience • Experience with real-time/large-scale financial or market data environments You'll be working closely with the trading desk on technology supporting pricing, trading, hedging, risk management and trading algorithms. This is a senior position and we're particularly interested in speaking with KDB+/q specialists rather than generalist developers who have only used KDB as one part of a broader technology stack. Candidates can be based anywhere in the UK, provided they can commit to being onsite in London 3 days per week. Please apply now for consideration. You can also reach out to me at richard@hawksworthuk.com Thank you.🙂 #KDB #KDBPlus #QDeveloper #FixedIncome #FICC #Rates #Credit #eTrading #AlgoTrading #InvestmentBanking #ContractJobs #LondonJobs