Risk & P&L IT Senior Developer

Location: London (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Contract Length: 6 Months Initial Contract

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Risk & P&L IT Senior Developer to join a high-performing Global Markets technology team supporting critical Risk, P&L, and Front Office reporting platforms. This role will play a key part in the design, development, enhancement, and support of applications used across trading, risk management, and finance functions. The team is responsible for a large-scale Risk & P&L data warehouse alongside web-based reporting and sign-off applications used by Front Office stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly visible environment, partnering closely with traders, risk managers, business analysts, and technology teams to deliver strategic enhancements and drive best-practice software engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the full Agile Scrum delivery lifecycle, including sprint planning, technical design sessions, development, testing, and release activities.
• Work directly with Front Office, Risk, and Finance stakeholders to gather requirements and define user stories.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality applications supporting Risk and P&L reporting and analysis.
• Deliver robust, well-structured, and maintainable code with appropriate unit and integration testing.
• Participate in code reviews and champion engineering best practices across the development team.
• Provide 3rd line production support and troubleshoot complex business-critical issues.
• Take ownership of strategic technology initiatives from design through to production deployment and support.
• Support and enhance CI/CD and DevOps pipelines, driving automation and continuous delivery practices.
• Refactor and modernise legacy components to improve platform scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to the continual improvement of software engineering standards across the team.