12 hours ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Partner with traders and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy enhancements to Fixed Income electronic and algorithmic trading and risk management platforms.
- Build and maintain high-performance real-time KDB+ processes, schemas, and APIs.
- Develop trading surveillance, compliance monitoring, and algorithm oversight solutions.
- Create monitoring and visualization dashboards using Altair Panopticon where appropriate.
- Perform ad hoc statistical and quantitative analysis of trading algorithm performance, market data, and client activity.
- Maintain, optimize, and evolve KDB+ infrastructure and applications.
- Contribute to release management, governance, and robust delivery controls.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
- Deliver third-line support and technical expertise to production and operational teams.
Requirements
- Extensive commercial experience developing with KDB+/q in a front-office or electronic trading environment.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including design, testing, and delivery methodologies.
- Experience developing and supporting real-time data processing systems.
- Good knowledge of UNIX/Linux environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with traders and business stakeholders.
- Understanding of Fixed Income products, electronic trading, market data, or quantitative finance.
- Experience with the TorQ framework is desirable.
- Knowledge of qSpec, qUnit, or similar automated testing frameworks is desirable.
- Experience developing dashboards with Altair Panopticon is desirable.
- Exposure to trading algorithm governance, monitoring, or compliance tooling is desirable.
- Previous experience mentoring developers or leading technical initiatives is desirable.
Benefits
- Permanent or contract employment depending on engagement.
- Hybrid working with three days per week onsite in London, UK.
- Inclusive equal-opportunities workplace committed to diversity.
About Talan
Talan is a Paris‑headquartered, privately held consulting and technology group that delivers data, AI, and IT services to large enterprises. It combines management consulting with systems integration, software engineering, and production support across sectors such as banking and financial services, energy, transport, retail, and healthcare. The firm operates internationally and supports clients’ end‑to‑end change programs, from CRM and agile transformations to architecture, application development, and run.