Senior kdb+ Engineer

Job Title Senior kdb+ Engineer

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

You will be a kdb+ engineer in the Historical Market Data team within Investment Bank (IB) Technology. You would drive change and support our numerous global kdb+/ time-series market data platforms. You would oversee many business-driven initiatives and work in collaboration with other engineers across market data engineers and our Market Data Services team.

Our strategic intraday and historical market data platforms are heavily used across numerous business and technology groups and sits on critical path for many activities including: EOD Marking and P&L, Algo Quant analysis, back-testing and algo calibration and numerous use-cases within Regulatory / Risk as source of observable market data.

You would be working in agile environment, balancing between archiving short term business goals and long-term sustainability.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Everyday coding in kdb/q (knowledge of Java is a plus but not essential)
• Acting as SME and Lead for features within larger platforms
• Face off to the business in multiple regions to understand requirements and translate it into design and delivery
• Work effectively in a small, flat and regionally distributed multi-skilled team which support kdb platforms for our businesses globally
• Take end-to-end responsibility for delivery: working with other IT groups to define and deliver proper hardware infrastructure, deploy kdb components and work with Support teams to establish monitoring
• Be heavily involved in architectural design discussions to help shape the strategic direction of our platforms

Your skills and experience

• Hands on kdb+ development and exposure to Financial Market Data
• Strong understanding of kdb+ architecture and design best practices
• Experience leading leads and coaching/developing junior engineers
• Thorough understanding of fundamental software engineering and computer science principles: object-oriented design, structured design, databases, algorithms, data structures, usability, refactoring, debugging, and configuration management
• Ability to collaborate with many high-performing teams and individuals throughout the firm to accomplish common goals whilst demonstrating excellent communications skills

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [email protected] to discuss.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.