Principal - SE - KDB & Algorithmic Trading

Job Description:

Job Title – Principal – Software Engineering – Data (KDB/Linux) - KDB & Algorithmic trading

The Purpose of This Role

The Principal – Software Engineering will be working in development and delivery of high quality, timely and maintainable software solutions in an agile environment which meet functional and non-functional business requirements. This role will involve partner & stakeholder engagement, design and release support.

The Value You Deliver

• Designing and implementing technology solutions for the Capital Markets business

• High Performance algorithms for enterprise grade platforms that support trading and risk management

• Working closely with our business partners to contribute to business critical initiatives

• Demonstrate software engineering excellence through continuous integration, continuous deployment,

• Keeps current with IT blueprint, frameworks and technologies that would benefit us and improve our productivity; guides junior team members on technology

• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders/large cross functional teams as part of work delivery

• Follows practices and contribute towards innovative solutions to increase productivity

The Skills that are Key to this role

Technical / Behavioral

• You have excellent proficiency in KDB+ and working with Time Series data

• You have excellent proficiency in RDBMS

• You have good proficiency in Timeseries and streaming data

• You have ability to understand, debug and develop complex algorithms

• You have excellent proficiency in engineering large complex systems

• Knowledge of Tickerplants is an advantage

• You have excellent proficiency in Linux operating systems and shell scripting

• You have proficiency in multi processing and parallel computing

• You have experience and expertise in profiling and performance turning software

• You have proficiency in enterprise design patterns

• You have proficiency in handling data both structured and unstructured

• Ability to drive mature delivery practices through automation

• You are proficient with CI & CD tools

• You have the drive and ability to deliver software with a high degree of automation

• You are proficient with version control systems and can handle development for multiple releases in parallel

• You have the spirit and willingness to contribute to org level innovation

• You have a learning mindset and are able to demonstrate versatility in addition to your specialization

• You should have the ability to work effectively with both partners and project team members

  • You know Agile methodologies or iterative development processes

  • You know Acceptance test-driven development a plus.

  • You have Ability to take ownership

  • You Coach team members and take accountability for the deliverables

  • You have Excellent collaboration and Interpersonal skills

  • You have Great attitude, being a mentor, team player and effective contributor

  • You have Focus on productivity

• Experience in Capital markets / Financial Markets / Financial Risk Management

The Skills that are good to have for this role

• Experience working with Unstructured Data

How your work Impacts the Organization

FBT (Fidelity Brokerage Technology) - provides a wide range of brokerage technology solutions for our FI technology and business partners. Our team provides technology services in the area of development, maintenance, quality assurance and production support of mission critical brokerage applications. The FBT platform, we support is used by 300+ Correspondent banks, 5000+ Investment Advisors, 12 million+ retail customers and 130+ hedge funds, and is capable of handling over 1 million trades per day amounting to 300 million shares. The FBT India team is distributed across Chennai and Bangalore.

The Expertise we’re looking for

• BE / MTech / MCA

• 10+ years of IT experience as a developer

Location : Bangalore

Shift timings: 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Certifications:

Category:Information Technology