About the role

Software Engineer – Risk Technology | Hedge Fund Leading Systematic Hedge Fund | New York, 4 days on-site Total Comp: Base (Advertised) + Competitive Bonus for 2026/Buyout Working Entitlement: Candidates must be hold permanent residency / US Citizenship. 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. This is a hands-on engineering role combining financial markets, large-scale data and modern software development, with direct exposure to senior Risk professionals.
The Role: 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.
Requirements:
  • 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.#Risk
  • Technology #Software
  • Engineering #MarketRisk #CSharp #Java #Trading
  • Technology #HedgeFund #Portfolio
  • Risk #Quantitative
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JOB OVERVIEW

Experience level

Lead

Location

New York, NY

Occupation

Software Developers

Industry

Software Publishers

Posted

3 days ago

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