Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business
Software Engineer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
We're partnering with a leading global multi-manager hedge fund to hire a RiskTech Engineer to help build the next generation of its front-office risk platform.
Working directly with Portfolio Managers, Quantitative Researchers and Risk Managers, you'll design and develop high-performance applications that transform quantitative research into scalable production systems used across the investment process.
This is an opportunity to work on business-critical technology in a fast-paced environment, gaining exposure to complex financial products, quantitative research and cloud-native architecture.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What You'll Do
- Design, build and maintain scalable Python-based risk applications
- Develop services and interfaces that deliver risk analytics to front-office users
- Build and optimise large-scale data processing pipelines
- Deploy and support cloud-native applications and infrastructure
- Work closely with Risk, Quant Research and Portfolio Management teams to deliver new functionality
- Drive projects from initial design through to production deployment
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years' software engineering experience within financial services
- Strong Python and/or C# development experience
- Experience building scalable, production-grade applications
- Strong SQL and database knowledge
- Experience working with large datasets and distributed data processing
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Desirable Experience
- Fixed income products or asset management
- Time-series data
- AWS, Docker and Kubernetes
- Risk analytics or quantitative research environments
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location