KDB Developer

We are hiring for the role of KDB+ Developer with the following details:

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Job Description:

This is an opportunity for a driven kdb+ developer to join us and support the technical delivery of a software engineering team, You’ll be responsible for developing solution design options and explaining the pros and cons to key stakeholders for appropriate decision making Hone your existing technical skills and advance your career in this innovative and challenging role

What you

'll do

In this role, you’ll support a team of developers and set the technical direction of the deliveries, applying the principles and methodologies of software engineering to the technical design, development, testing, and maintenance of applications and services.

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Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Supporting and monitoring the technical progress against plans, while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance and providing updates to stakeholders

• Supporting and mentoring the team in the understanding of relevant software languages and technical domains

• Driving the adoption of software engineering principles, processes and best practices

• Liaising with engineers, architects, business analysts and other key stakeholders to understand the objectives, requirements and options

• Designing and developing high-volume, high-performance and high-availability applications using proven frameworks and technologies

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering, software design or database design and architecture, as well as experience in providing technical leadership and accountability for a software engineering team.

We’ll also look to you to have experience of test-driven development and the use of automated test frameworks, mocking, stubbing and unit testing tools, along with knowledge of the key phases of the software delivery lifecycle and established software development methodologies.

You’ll also demonstrate:

• An excellent understanding of kdb+ and Q

• Experience with a tick data capture and analytics platform

• Experience of using industry recognized frameworks and development tooling

• In depth knowledge of kdb+ engineering concepts such as data partitioning, data organization for better query performance, realtime streaming and IPC

• A good understanding of data structures and algorithms with the ability to work independently