Senior Engineer, Risk Engineering
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom or Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Job Summary
Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable JVM services and APIs focused on low-latency execution and efficient memory management. Decompose complex risk model requirements into well-tested, robust implementations for margin calculations, stress scenarios, and portfolio exposures. Collaborate with quantitative analysts to optimize mission-critical risk calculations and actively refactor the codebase to enhance automated testing and maintainability. Write clean, documented code, participate in code reviews, and champion agile best practices within the team. Requires 5+ years of Java backend experience, advanced proficiency in multi-threading and JVM tuning, and strong analytical skills. Reports to the Director of Engineering at a global digital asset platform building institutional market infrastructure.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional experience as a Java backend engineer
- Advanced proficiency in Java
- Solid understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and JVM performance tuning
- Strong hands-on experience with automated testing methodologies, including unit/integration testing, TDD, and exposure to simulation or stress testing
- Well-versed in Agile methodologies, design patterns, DRY principles, Clean Code, and microservices architecture
- Proficient with modern DevOps and cloud tools, including Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms
- Good foundational understanding of financial products, risk management concepts, or risk methodologies (e.g., SPAN, VaR)
- Strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with event-sourced architectures
- Familiarity with columnar databases
- Familiarity with Kotlin
- Familiarity with low-latency libraries like Chronicle Queue
- Interest or minor experience in mentoring junior peers and contributing to a collaborative engineering culture
- GCP preferred
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