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KDB Specialist

Job Posted: 5 hours ago

Salary: £ 300 - 350 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: London

Expire in: a month

Job Description

The Kdb database, is widely used in the financial services industry, particularly by major investment banks, for high-speed, Real Time data processing and analytics. Kdb+ is a high-performance, column-based, in-memory database optimized for time-series data analysis, commonly used in financial services for handling large Real Time and historical datasets. It is developed and uses the q programming language, which is designed for high-speed data manipulation.
Primary Use Cases
Kdb+ is optimized as a high-performance time-series database, making it ideal for the demanding, data-intensive environments within capital markets. Common applications include:
  * High-Frequency Trading (HFT): Processing massive volumes of market data (trades and quotes) in milliseconds to enable rapid, automated trading decisions.
  * Risk Management: Calculating and monitoring risk exposure across portfolios in real time, allowing firms to quickly respond to market changes.
  * Quantitative Research and Analytics: Providing a single platform for both Real Time and historical data analysis, crucial for developing trading models and strategies.
  * Surveillance and Fraud Detection: Analyzing data streams in Real Time to identify unusual patterns or potentially fraudulent activities.
  * Profit & Loss (P&L) Reporting: Offering instant feedback on the performance of trading positions for traders and analysts.
Key features
  * Performance: Known for its speed, it processes and analyzes massive datasets in Real Time by storing data primarily in RAM.
  * Columnar and time-series focused: It stores data in columns, which is efficient for analytics, and is particularly strong at handling time-series data, a critical component for many financial applications.
  * q programming language : Includes a built-in, vector-based language called "q," which is an expressive, high-performance language used for building data analytics solutions.
  * Use cases: Widely adopted by major financial institutions for high-frequency trading, Real Time analytics, and historical data storage and retrieval.
  * Kdb Insights Database: A more recent, distributed version of kdb+ designed for scalability with features like scalable query routing and temporal storage tiering

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