Software Engineer - Risk Technology - Hedge Fund
Job Description
Software Engineer – Risk Technology | Hedge Fund
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Leading Systematic Hedge Fund | New York, 4 days on-site
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Total Comp: Base (Advertised) + Competitive Bonus for 2026/Buyout
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Working Entitlement: Candidates must be hold permanent residency / US Citizenship.
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A leading systematic hedge fund is looking for a Software Engineer to join its Market Risk Engineering team, building the technology used to monitor portfolio risk and behaviour across a global investment platform.
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This is a hands-on engineering role combining financial markets, large-scale data and modern software development, with direct exposure to senior Risk professionals.
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The Role
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- Engineer scalable applications supporting portfolio risk, exposures and investment analytics.
- Build services for processing large volumes of position, market and portfolio data.
- Turn new analytical requirements from Risk into reliable production software.
- Develop technology for risk monitoring, reporting and controls.
- Improve the performance and scalability of computationally intensive analytics.
- Modernize the firm's risk architecture using distributed and cloud-based technologies.
- Partner directly with senior Risk professionals in a live systematic trading environment.
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Requirements
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- 5-12 years of strong software engineering experience.
- Professional C# or Java development.
- Experience within financial markets, trading technology, quantitative finance or investment management.
- Exposure to risk systems, portfolio analytics, pricing or trading platforms.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, data-intensive applications and modern software architecture.
- Cloud development experience is mandatory.
- Strong Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or similar quantitative background.
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