Senior Engineer needed to work on development of a high-performance time series database (KDB+) critical to Equities operations.

We are looking at a self-motivated/entrepreneurial individual who can drive the platform forward understanding the requirements and having a vision on how to enhance the platform.

The environment is an “in-house” start-up in an international environment working with highly qualified individuals.

Responsibilities

·      Source and integrate data based on user requirements

·      Help monitor and maintain high data quality by implementing automated checks

·      Design and develop APIs to deal with externally and internally sourced data

·      Support all external feeds into kdb+, including performance monitoring and tuning L2 support

·      Be the go-to person for enquiries on the platform.

·      Liase directly with quants, research, risk management, algo trading teams etc.

·      Technical management of on-site consultants

Requirements

·      5+ years experience in one or more of C, C++, Java, python

·      Experience with devops, automated testing and other current development practices

·      Database experience (time series database a plus)

·      Strong Linux skills (scripting, file management etc).

·      Able to work closely with support team and others to quickly diagnose and solve issues as they arise

·      Business level English

Pluses

·      Experience in a financial institution

·      Experience with q/kdb+

·      Business-level Japanese

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