Alenia Consulting UK
Senior KDB+ Developer – Fixed Income Algo Trading | London
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Senior Project Manager – Asset Management / Operations
📍 Location: London, UK
Environment: Front Office – Fixed Income / Algorithmic Trading
Seniority: Senior
About Alenia Consulting
Alenia Consulting is a consulting firm supporting leading organizations across Europe on business transformation, technology and project management initiatives. We work with experienced professionals on strategic projects within major financial and international environments.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced KDB+ Developer to join a Fixed Income Algorithmic Trading IT team in London.
You will work within a small KDB+ development team supporting pricing, trading, hedging and risk algorithms, with direct exposure to Front Office trading desks. The role combines hands-on KDB+ development, real-time data processing, production support and interaction with traders.
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Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test and deliver real-time KDB+ applications and processes
- Work directly with Front Office traders to understand business and technical requirements
- Design and maintain KDB+ APIs, schemas and real-time data processes
- Support the implementation and deployment of trading algorithms
- Perform ad-hoc analysis on market data, algorithm performance and trading activity
- Develop monitoring and compliance solutions
- Build and maintain dashboards, including Altair Panopticon
- Provide L3 production support
- Participate in releases and production deployments
- Provide technical guidance to junior developers
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of development and testing practices
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Key Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with q / KDB+
- Experience with real-time and high-performance data environments
- Strong Linux/Unix knowledge
- Experience working in a Front Office / trader-facing environment
- Strong understanding of software development, testing and production support
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills
- Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
Highly Desirable
- Experience in Fixed Income / Algorithmic Trading / Quantitative Finance
- TorQ
- qspec / qunit
- Altair Panopticon
- Git / GitLab and CI/CD
- JFrog Artifactory
- Rundeck
- Agile development environment
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