Software Engineer – Risk Technology – Hedge Fund

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.

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