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As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.\nWorking within the Data Analytics team you will be are responsible for applications that store large amounts of cross asset market data using KDB technology for real-time and historical access. This is an exciting time as we migrate to AWS, re-architect our applications and build-out greenfield projects.\nJob responsibilities\nExecutes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems\nDevelops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others\nIdentifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems\nLeads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies\nAdds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect\nDevelop core systems and frameworks based on KDB.\nLead team members via book of work management. 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