Senior KDB+/q Engineer - Hybrid (2–3 days onsite)

Darwin Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment seeks a Senior KDB+/q Engineer for a 6-month freelance engagement in London. You will work on production KDB+/q platforms in capital markets, designing, building and scaling architectures, taking ownership from day one.

You will collaborate with client teams in Canary Wharf or City, in a partially remote model (2–3 days onsite per week), contributing to high-performance analytics in a demanding financial environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on KDB+/q engineering and delivery.
• Solid KDB fundamentals with production delivery experience.
• Experience designing and scaling KDB architectures in production.
• Experience in investment banks, capital markets or hedge funds recommended.
• Strong Unix/Linux and scripting skills; able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering of production KDB+/q platforms in a financial markets environment.
• Design, build and scale KDB architectures; own delivery end-to-end.
• Collaborate with client teams; communicate progress and impact from day one.

Skills

KDB+/q engineering

Unix/Linux

Scripting

Independent delivery

Client-facing

End-to-end ownership

Communications

Job description

Darwin Recruitment seeks a Senior KDB+/q Engineer for a 6-month freelance engagement in London. You will work on production KDB+/q platforms in capital markets, designing, building and scaling architectures, taking ownership from day one.

You will collaborate with client teams in Canary Wharf or City, in a partially remote model (2–3 days onsite per week), contributing to high-performance analytics in a demanding financial environment.