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You will have significant autonomy to improve existing platforms, build new tools, and pursue opportunities that make the risk organization more effective.\nThis role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining software engineering, data science, and financial markets to solve complex, high-impact problems.\nYour Core Responsibilities: \nDesign and build analytical tools that help Risk Managers understand portfolio exposures, stress scenarios, capital usage, and emerging risks\nBuild high-end dashboards and visualization tools for stakeholders globally.\nWork with large data sets, data pipelines that support storage, retrieval, and analysis across the risk organization.\nPartner directly with Risk Managers to identify opportunities and rapidly translate ideas into production systems while collaborating within the firm's global risk development organization.\nCollaborate with engineering, trading, quantitative research, operations, and data teams across the firm\nTake ownership of projects from concept through production deployment\nYour Skills and Experience: \n3-5+ years of professional software engineering experience\nStrong development skills in Java and/or Python\nExperience building and supporting production systems\nInterest in financial markets, risk management, data science, and quantitative analysis\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\nSelf-starter with a high degree of ownership and initiative\nDistributed systems and service-oriented architectures\nKubernetes and containerized applications\nReact and modern web development\nPostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and analytical databases\nParquet, Hadoop, and large-scale data platforms\nData pipelines, ETL frameworks, and APIs\nThe Base Salary range for the role is included below. 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