PolyPath Market Risk Technology Specialist (Java/Python)
$175,000–$175,000 year
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Support and enhance the PolyPath platform for pricing, valuation, and market risk workflows by developing, troubleshooting, and integrating applications using Python and Java. Partner with front office, risk, model, and technology teams to translate complex fixed income requirements into scalable solutions, specifically for MBS, CMOs, and other securitized products. Analyze system issues, performance bottlenecks, and data discrepancies to improve platform stability through automation and issue resolution. Manage pricing pipelines, risk data flows, and market data integration while supporting migration initiatives for legacy trading systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education
- Expert-level knowledge of PolyPath
- Strong experience in market risk, preferably within banking or capital markets
- Strong programming skills in Python and Java
- Solid understanding of fixed income products, pricing, valuation, and risk analytics
- Experience supporting risk models, valuation tools, pricing engines, or market risk platforms
- Ability to troubleshoot complex system, data, and pricing issues across multiple technology platforms
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to explain technical and market risk concepts clearly to both business and technology teams
- Experience working in a large banking, financial services, or regulated financial institution environment
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring employer sponsorship to commence employment
- Frequent minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing and walking is required for this role
- Depending on location, occasional moving and lifting light equipment and/or furniture may be required
Desired Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in banking, capital markets, financial technology, or market risk technology preferred
- Experience working directly with front office, market risk, finance, model validation, or quantitative teams
- Strong knowledge of structured fixed income products, especially: MBS, CMO, ABS, Securitized products
- Understanding of: Pricing, Valuation, Sensitivities, Stress testing, VaR, Scenario analysis, Yield curves, Risk factors, Market data
- Experience with system integration using APIs, messaging frameworks, batch processes, or data pipelines
- Experience supporting real-time or high-volume capital markets platforms
- Strong production support, issue management, and root-cause analysis experience
- Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education
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