What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Senior KDB/Q Developer position at Jefferies LLC and Careers?
The Equities Data & Analytics Team is looking for an experienced Kdb /Q developer in New York.
Proven experience managing large financial databases and datasets consisting of real-time and historical data and excellent communication skills are required, as you’ll be in a fast-paced environment working hands-on closely with other developers, QA and production support teams.
The successful candidate will be expected to create innovative analytics solutions that advance the business; and will be improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products.
Principal Responsibilities
- Mange and manipulate large historical data sets
- Implement reusable Gateway functionality
- Implement functionality based on defined API
- Use and implement library-grade software
- Automating quality checks across transactional, market and reference datasets
- Ensure clean and efficient coding practices and adherence to industry best practices
- Collaborate with traders, quants, and other developers to design and implement efficient and robust solutions
- Writing documentation
Technical Qualifications
- 5 years working with large financial data sets, such as market data, order/execution data, and/or positions data.
- 5 years of Kdb /Q, experience working in a Unix/Linux environment.
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills/ Confident in communicating with stakeholders
- Ability to learn new technologies and business knowledge
- Other language experience is a bonus i.e Python, Java, Unix/Linux
- Experience of agile methodologies will be an advantage
Highly Valued
- Capital markets experience, e.g. Derivs, Stocks, index, ETFs trading.
- Proven delivery track record, Cloud experience (e.g. AWS) is preferred.
- Good team player with a strong desire to participate and help others
- Able to bring critical thinking and new ideas to the team Demonstrates thoroughness and strong ownership of work.
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $150,000 - $200,000.
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Salary : $150,000 - $200,000