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Senior Risk Engineer
Up to £200,000
London (4 days a week in office)
This is an opportunity to join a leading global investment management organisation at the forefront of risk technology and quantitative investing. You'll work directly with investment teams, building innovative risk and decision-support platforms that influence portfolio construction, capital allocation, hedging strategies, and investment performance.
The Company
They are a highly regarded global investment management firm with a strong focus on technology, data, and quantitative research. Operating across multiple asset classes and complex financial markets, they combine advanced analytics with sophisticated engineering to support investment decision-making. Their collaborative culture encourages innovation, ownership, and continuous learning. As they continue to invest in their Risk Technology capability, they are seeking an experienced Senior Risk Engineer to help shape the future of their platform.
The Role
As a Senior Risk Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and enhancing investment-facing risk technology solutions used by Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, and Quantitative Researchers.
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Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:
- Architecting and developing scalable risk technology platforms and services
- Building cross-asset risk analytics covering sensitivities, scenario analysis, VaR, exposure aggregation, margin, and attribution
- Developing APIs, data pipelines, and interactive tools that deliver actionable investment insights
- Translating complex pricing and risk models into production-grade technology solutions
- Partnering closely with investment teams to solve trading, portfolio, and risk management challenges
- Supporting the firm's Risk Intelligence strategy through the application of advanced analytics and AI technologies
- Ensuring robust engineering standards through testing, monitoring, data governance, and operational resilience
- Contributing to platform strategy, technical design reviews, and engineering best practice
Skills and Experience
The successful Senior Risk Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
- Strong commercial experience building production-grade software within financial markets, risk technology, quantitative development, or trading environments
- Advanced programming skills in Python and/or Java, alongside strong SQL capabilities
- Experience developing APIs, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and large-scale data solutions
- Deep understanding of derivatives, pricing models, risk analytics, Greeks, scenario analysis, and VaR methodologies
- Ability to work closely with both technical and investment stakeholders
- Strong software engineering principles including scalability, maintainability, testing, and operational excellence
- Experience investigating risk model outputs and reconciling data, methodology, and implementation discrepancies
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
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Desirable experience:
- Machine learning, AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted development
- Cloud platforms, containerisation, CI/CD, streaming technologies, and observability tooling
- Exposure to multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income, credit, commodities, and FX
Benefits
The successful Senior Risk Engineer will receive the following benefits:
- Salary up to £200,000 - depending on experience
How to Apply
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.
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