Senior QlikView & Qlik Sense Developer

looking for a Senior QlikView & Qlik Sense Developer with strong hands-on expertise in QlikView, Qlik Sense, and QlikView on-premise architecture. The candidate will be responsible for conducting technical discovery, application assessment, profiling, dependency analysis, optimization, rationalization, and supporting migration initiatives across Qlik environments.

The ideal candidate should have strong practical experience analyzing existing Qlik applications, understanding their architecture and dependencies, and identifying opportunities for optimization, consolidation, retirement, and migration.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform technical assessment and discovery of QlikView and Qlik Sense applications.


• Analyze existing Qlik applications including:
  
  
  
  • QVF/QVW files
  
  
  • QVDs
  
  
  • Data models
  
  
  • Load scripts
  
  
  • Dashboards and visualizations
  
  
  • Expressions and Set Analysis
  
  
  • Variables
  
  
  • Section Access
  
  
  • Extensions
  
  
  • Application dependencies
  
  
  
  


• Assess application usage, complexity, business criticality, duplication, redundancy, and technical debt.


• Identify opportunities for application rationalization, consolidation, optimization, and retirement.


• Analyze source-to-dashboard dependencies and establish data lineage.


• Understand and document QVD layered architecture, including staging and downstream consumption layers.


• Perform impact analysis for application changes, migration, consolidation, and retirement.


• Review Qlik scripting, data models, expressions, and application architecture to identify optimization opportunities.


• Analyze QlikView on-premise architecture and associated application dependencies.


• Work with QlikView/Qlik Sense administrators, architects, business users, developers, and technical teams.


• Prepare technical assessment documents, application profiling reports, dependency matrices, and rationalization recommendations.


• Support Qlik migration and modernization activities, including movement toward Qlik Sense Enterprise and/or Qlik Cloud where applicable.


• Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend improvements to application design, scripting, data models, and QVD architecture.


• Contribute to governance and standardization of Qlik applications and development practices.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• QlikView – strong hands-on experience


• QlikView On-Premise architecture – mandatory


• Qlik Sense – strong development experience


• Qlik scripting


• Advanced expressions


• Set Analysis


• Data modeling


• QVD architecture


• Section Access


• Variables and extensions


• Application profiling and assessment


• Application dependency analysis


• Data lineage and impact analysis


• Qlik application optimization and rationalization

Qlik Architecture Knowledge

Candidates should have practical understanding of:

• QlikView Server / Publisher architecture


• QlikView on-premise deployments


• Qlik Sense Enterprise


• Qlik Cloud


• Qlik applications and associated dependencies


• QVD-based layered architecture


• Source → ETL/Load Script → QVD → Application → Dashboard flow


• Application reloads, scheduling, and dependencies


• Security and access mechanisms


• Section Access

Application Rationalization Experience

The candidate should be capable of assessing Qlik applications based on:

• Application usage and adoption


• Business criticality


• Duplicate applications


• Redundant dashboards


• Data/source duplication


• Application complexity


• QVD and data-model dependencies


• Technical debt


• Performance issues


• Opportunities for consolidation


• Applications suitable for retirement


• Applications requiring migration or modernization

Required Deliverables

The candidate may be expected to prepare:

• Qlik application inventory


• Application profiling reports


• Technical assessment reports


• Dependency and lineage documentation


• Application complexity assessment


• Rationalization recommendations


• Migration impact assessments


• Consolidation/retirement recommendations


• Technical discovery documentation

Candidate Profile

• 4–6 years of relevant hands-on experience in QlikView/Qlik Sense.


• Strong practical experience in both QlikView and Qlik Sense.


• Mandatory: Strong hands-on experience with QlikView on-premise architecture.


• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.


• Experience interacting with both technical and business stakeholders.


• Ability to independently understand an existing Qlik environment and document its architecture and dependencies.


• Good communication and documentation skills.