Senior KDB+ Developer (Fintech)

Location: London, UK; hybrid working with 3 days per week onsite

Company

hirify.global provides technology services and supports front-office financial markets teams with trading and risk management solutions.

What you will do

• Partner with traders, quantitative specialists, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy enhancements for Fixed Income electronic and algorithmic trading platforms.
• Build and maintain high-performance real-time KDB+ processes, schemas, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Develop trading surveillance, compliance monitoring, algorithm oversight, and visualisation solutions using Altair Panopticon where appropriate.
• Perform statistical and quantitative analysis of trading algorithms, market data, and client activity.
• Provide third-line production support, technical guidance to junior developers, and support release governance.

Requirements

• Extensive commercial experience with KDB+ and q in a front-office or electronic trading environment.
• Experience developing and supporting real-time data processing systems.
• Strong software engineering, design, testing, delivery, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Good knowledge of UNIX/Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income products, electronic trading, market data, or quantitative finance.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with traders and business stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with the TorQ framework.
• Knowledge of qSpec, qUnit, or similar automated testing frameworks.
• Experience developing dashboards with Altair Panopticon.
• Exposure to trading algorithm governance, monitoring, or compliance tooling.
• Previous experience mentoring developers or leading technical initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a small, collaborative KDB+ development team within a fast-paced front-office environment.
• Collaborate closely with traders, quantitative specialists, and technology teams.
• Deliver solutions through rapid feedback cycles and frequent releases.
• Permanent or contract engagement is available depending on the engagement.
• Inclusive and equal-opportunity working environment.