Senior Risk Technology Architect

What we do

The team develops and supports a strategic platform which calculates, manages, and stores intra-day and EOD risk data for front office trading using cutting edge technologies - Microsoft Orleans and NET8. Our roles offer motivated candidates the chance to engage with our trading, quants and sales teams in an agile way and learn the vital role that risk plays range of commodities financial and physical products and we offer the chance to gain experience of real-time pricing and risk techniques. As the business has expanded in recent years, we have embarked on an ambitions e-engineering program across our application estate. We are retiring applications, modernizing, and rationalizing our technology stack to provide quicker time to market for new products and faster trading capability in increasingly delineated by technology capability.

What you will do

• The role is for a AVP level Architecture Developer within the Commodities Technology Front Office Risk team.
• Interface directly with traders and quants to gather and define business requirements.
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• Adhere to and continuously improve our processes and SDLC in a fast-moving environment.
• Contribute to the re-engineering, development and enhancement of a wide range of risk management tools
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding.
• Adhere to and continuously improve our processes and SDLC in a fast-moving environment.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals.
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions.

What you will bring to the role

• Expert skills in building Distributed Systems.
• Extensive relevant experience in designing and architecting Risk system (preferably in .NET)
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Knowledge of Risk System (Front Office or downstream, preferably Commodities)

Bonus points for

• Good understanding of Quant models.
• Knowledge / prior experience with Microsoft Orleans is desirable.

Education

• Degree/University educated (master’s preferred) or equivalent experience in a similar role