Senior KDB+/Q Software Engineer - 3 months - Oct 26 Start - £530/day Inside IR35 - Hybrid/UK

Senior KDB+/Q Software Engineer - 3 months - Oct 26 Start - £530/day Inside IR35 (paid to the umbrella) - Hybrid/UK

Key Requirements

• 10+ years of strong hands-on KDB+/q development experience within large-scale production environments.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Detailed domain knowledge of post-trade risk, margining and financial markets processes, particularly where knowledge transfer would be lengthy.
• Strong understanding of time-series data modelling, RDB/HDB architecture and performance optimisation, with experience across relevant financing, lending, brokerage or risk functions.
• Proven experience with production support, troubleshooting and L3 incident resolution for business-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise KDB+/q solutions, including Real Time data processing, querying and performance optimisation.
• Design, maintain and support KDB data architectures, including ticker plant, RDB/HDB and historical data management.
• Manage data feed onboarding, integration, distribution and data quality controls across Real Time and historical datasets.
• Develop and integrate Java/Python/KDB platforms and APIs, utilising event-driven and messaging architectures where required.
• Provide production support and platform reliability, including monitoring, root cause analysis, incident resolution and engagement with business, trading and quantitative stakeholders.