Senior KDB Developer

If youre looking for a career that will help you stand out join HSBC and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top or an exciting new direction we offer opportunities support and rewards that will take you further.

Were one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper and ultimately helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join the G10 Rates e-Trading team under the role of Senior KDB Developer FICC IT (Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities).

We are motivated by challenging each other to push the boundaries of financial and technological innovation in an open inclusive and diverse environment. We are looking for the brightest and best developers and engineers to take our capability forward.

As an HSBC employee in the UK youll have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role youll:

• Work with KDB Framework and liaise with business/traders/quants to develop enhancements and deliver automation
• Troubleshoot issues faced by quants/traders in a real time trading environment
• Delivery of new functionality to the KDB data analytics platform infrastructure as well as provide support directly to the Fixed Income E-Trading/Sales/Quant desks
• Contribute and own projects delivering enhancements & stability improvements on behalf of the business teams
• The build and maintenance of tools to industrialize support of a cutting-edge in-house trading platform
• Constantly challenging and seeking new areas for automation of manual tasks from the global team
• Working with the traders and quants- analysing requirements real time from users and technical support colleagues designing and prototyping solutions through to testing and deployment
• Work with systems development teams ensuring best design deployment capacity and operability

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Strong KDB and Q language skills to handle time series data
• Experience with end-to-end KDB solutions (Infrastructure as a Code included)
• Experience of designing KDB plants
• Knowledge of Fixed Income business products and markets
• Can operate at a KDB Advisory level
• Youve been involved within complex programmes / multiple projects across multiple work streams / global locations
• Excellent communication skills & ability to influence project design and scope
• Excellent senior stakeholder management & change management skills

Opening up a world of opportunity.

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC were dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender ethnicity disability religion sexual orientation socio-economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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