Role Title: Senior KDB Engineer

Duration: contract to run until 15/09/2026

Location: Hybrid, London 3 days onsite

Rate: up to £432.40 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 (With some Flexibility)

Clearance required: You must ether hold Active SC Clearance or be Eligible to obtain it

Role Requirements

Mission of the eFI Algorithm Trading team in the front office environment is to help develop and analyse the Pricing, Trading, Hedging and Risk Management algorithms for Fixed Income products. This role is within a small KDB+ development team focused on pricing and risk management for the FI Algo Trading desks.

The team has short feedback cycles, frequent deliveries of hours to days, direct contact to stakeholders and the trading desk.

Key Skills/ Requirements

Your core attributes will include:

Clear communication & systematic reasoning. Deep experience with Q/KDB+ working in a similar environment, experience with TorQ framework for KDB+ advantageous. Have front office knowledge of the FI business or quantitative finance. UNIX/Linux OS knowledge. Knowledge about software delivery processes and methodologies and test strategies. Familiarity with qspec and qunit frameworks useful. Knowledge of Altair Panopticon would be a distinct advantage.

Key Responsibilities

Liaise with traders to understand requirements and draw parallels with and leverage on solutions in other products lines within Algo Flow trading. Help monito...