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KDB+ Quant Developer (1 year contract)

Hays recruits for an unnamed client’s FX risk and P&L platform. The developer improves KDB+/q applications that supply trading teams with market and risk data.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Develop q-based analytics applications.
Investigate data inconsistencies.
Improve platform processing and performance.

What they ask for

Required

KDB+/q
Data engineering
Large-dataset analysis
Financial-data knowledge
Troubleshooting

Education: No degree requirement stated.
Experience: Five-plus years in KDB+/q and five-plus in data engineering or analysis.
Languages and tools: KDB+/q
Markets: fx

How to prepare

Build a q time-series analysis.
Reconcile an FX P&L calculation.
Optimise a large analytical query.

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Hays and doesn’t handle applications.