Senior KDB+/q Engineer — Scale Production Platforms

Darwin Recruitment; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Senior KDB+/q Engineer for a London-based, freelance assignment. You will design, build and run production KDB+/q platforms, owning delivery end-to-end in a capital markets context.

The role requires independent work, strong client communication, and hands-on architecture experience. The project is 6 months with likely extension, offering partially remote work (2–3 days onsite per week) in London.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on KDB+/q engineering.
• Experience building production KDB architectures.
• Experience in capital markets or hedge funds is a plus.
• Strong Unix/Linux and scripting skills.
• Confident communicator working with client teams.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering of production KDB+/q platforms in a finance environment.
• Design, build and scale KDB architectures and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Collaborate closely with client-side teams to make an impact from day one.

Skills

KDB+/q

Unix/Linux

Scripting

Client collaboration

Independent worker

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Senior KDB+/q Engineer for a London-based, freelance assignment. You will design, build and run production KDB+/q platforms, owning delivery end-to-end in a capital markets context.

The role requires independent work, strong client communication, and hands-on architecture experience. The project is 6 months with likely extension, offering partially remote work (2–3 days onsite per week) in London.