Senior Risk Engineer


New York
Permanent
USD300000 - USD400000
Financial Technology
PR/539815_1743692478
Senior Risk Engineer

A leading global hedge fund is seeking a highly skilled Senior Engineer to join its Risk Infrastructure team. This role involves designing, developing, and enhancing mission-critical analytics systems that support firm-wide decision-making and risk management. As part of this team, you'll help build robust, scalable solutions that power critical analytics capabilities used by senior risk professionals.

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineer with a deep understanding of high-performance, large-scale systems and can deliver solutions to meet rigorous business and technical needs. The role will require someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is comfortable with complex problem-solving, and can work across teams to drive results.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and enhance high-performance, scalable risk analytics systems used firm-wide

  • Design and implement solutions to improve risk data accessibility, usability, and analytical capabilities

  • Collaborate closely with both technical teams and business users, particularly risk managers, to define and deliver impactful systems

  • Maintain high standards of system reliability, scalability, and data integrity under tight performance constraints

  • Lead the technical design of systems that process vast volumes of financial data

  • Ensure systems are robust, secure, and require minimal maintenance

Skills & Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of software development experience in complex, high-performance systems

  • Proficiency in backend development with strong expertise in C# and .NET (8+ years)

  • Experience with data modeling and risk analytics, particularly in large asset classes (e.g., equities, rates)

  • Expertise in designing and optimizing systems that handle large-scale data with low latency

  • Ability to design, implement, and maintain high-quality software with an emphasis on automated testing and reliability

  • Strong communication skills with a proven ability to collaborate across teams and technical disciplines

  • Solid understanding of T-SQL and relational database systems

  • Bachelor's degree (or higher) in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related fields

Nice to Have:

  • Experience in a buy-side financial environment or with risk management processes

  • Familiarity with cloud technologies, such as AWS and Kubernetes

  • Experience exposing APIs for integration with other languages, especially Python

  • Knowledge of Snowflake or similar data warehousing technologies

  • Experience in Python development

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