KDB Application Development Technical Lead

• Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals
• Identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
• Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming
• Ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made
• Drive compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations

• Extensive years of developing kdb server side code
• Experience with designing large scale server side implementations for tick/ETL captures
• Experience with establishing best practices around coding, code reviews and architecture
• Writing code for any established kdb+ framework (TorQ or a substitute in-house implementation)
• Demonstrate understanding of kdb+ table formats on disk (flat/splayed/parted/attributes...)
• adverb knowledge (each/over etc...)
• interprocess communication (hopen, sync/async differences...)
• Large File loading (0:, read0, read1,named pipe, .Q.fs, .Q.fps...)
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred

Master's degree

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to learning and development resources