Senior KDB+/q Engineer (DRWN)
Job title - Senior KDB+/q Engineer
Client Location - London, United Kingdom (City or Canary Wharf)
Remote work offering - Partially remote (2 to 3 days onsite a week)
Client Industry - Capital Markets / Investment Banking / Hedge Funds
Contract Length - 6 months (extension likely)
Contract type - Freelance (Outside IR35)
Project focus
Hands-on engineering of production KDB+/q platforms within a financial markets environment. You'll design, build and scale KDB architectures, take ownership of delivery and work closely with client-side teams to make an impact from day one.
Key skills and Experience required
- 7+ years of hands-on KDB+/q engineering
- Solid core KDB fundamentals backed by real engineering delivery
- Proven track record designing, building and scaling KDB architectures in production
- Experience within investment banks, capital markets or hedge funds
- Strong Unix/Linux and scripting skills
- Able to work independently and own deliverables end to end
- Confident communicator with experience working directly alongside client teams
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