Database KDB - Senior Engineer @ Iris Software

• We are looking for a 5+ years KDB+ developer to join our Tick Data Analytics Platform Team, dedicated to developing solutions for our strategic KDB+ Platform.
• Thisroleis an exciting opportunity to be part a NWM KDB team working closely with various trading platforms and compliance functions.
• You should possess the capability to effectively analyse and manipulate substantial datasets within a fast-paced, low-latency environment.
• Your daily responsibilities will include handling data from various businesses, translating requirements into user analytics, and designing the solutions to support regulatory initiatives, pricing/trading algorithms, back testing and most importantly, PnL attribution.
• You will be required to prototype solutions in a fast, agile manner with numerous demands from Front Office teams.
• You are expected to participate in the development of all aspects of product delivery including design documents, functional specifications, and architecture.
• You are required to contribute toward the enhancements to the NWM evolving KDB architecture that includes newly build Golden data store called - Order Data store

Essential Skills

• Excellent understanding of KDB/Q
• Experience with a tick data capture and analytics platform
• In-depth knowledge of KDB engineering concepts like data partitioning, data organisation for better query performance, Realtime streaming and IPC
• Good understanding of Data structures and Algorithms
• Ability to work independently with limited guidance
• Ability to liaise with business stakeholders directly
• Understanding with the various development tools like JIRA, GIT, Jenkins etc .
• Be able to design and build the components independently
• Ability to prototype the solutions faster , multitasking the deliveries in agile manner