Lead KDB Developer, VP

Role Description

• Technology underpins our entire business. Our Technology, Data and Innovation strategy is focused on strengthening engineering expertise, introducing an agile delivery model, as well as modernizing the Bank's Information Technology infrastructure. We continue to invest and build a team of visionary tech talent, providing you with the training, freedom and opportunity to do pioneering work. As an Engineer you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of entire engineering solutions to accomplish business goals. You will enjoy partnering closely with your clients whilst working within a broader creative, collaborative, and innovative team, with a strong desire to make an impact.
• We are building kdb Academy in India to develop and support kdb+/q applications for various domains within the bank (Market Data, Strats, Quants).

Your key responsibilities

• Design & engineer solutions and services for Real-Time and Historical Market Data capture that will support multiple area of the Bank.
• Development and support of the global strategic kdb+ time-series market data platforms
• Work in close partnership with stakeholders from FIC Trading, FIC Strats, GED Strats and Technology sponsors from across the origination to deliver enterprise-wide Market Data solutions.
• Create strategic solutions that consider the risk, benefits, and conflicts of the situation.
• Design elegant solutions to complex problems which satisfy user & non-functional requirements.
• Lead junior kdb engineers and mentor technology graduates

Your skills and experience

• kdb+/q/kx technology, tick architecture and ideally with exposure to existing projects with >100TB datasets
• Hands on kdb+/q development experience on time-series market data platforms
• Experience in solution design tools and techniques with ability to make design decision trade-offs.
• Familiarity with real-time and historical data from vendors such as Refinitiv and Bloomberg
• Lead junior kdb developers, review code, act as escalation point for kdb technical issues