Senior Fixed Income Risk System Developer

Compunnel

$90K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 5-7 years of software development experience.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and software engineering skills.
  • Proficient in Scala or Java for large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience designing and developing APIs and enterprise applications.
  • Understanding of object-oriented design and software architecture principles.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop distributed systems for calculating and reporting intraday and end-of-day risk and PnL.
  • Design and build advanced pricing and workflow applications for trading teams.
  • Contribute to greenfield projects to redesign risk scenario infrastructure.
  • Develop market data and pricing platforms across asset classes.
  • Create APIs for programmatic pricing and risk analytics access.
  • Support global Fixed Income Derivatives trading systems.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business solutions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale risk and trading platforms.
  • Engagement in innovative greenfield projects.
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across the organization.
  • Exposure to both technical and financial market environments.
  • Involvement in strategic technology modernization initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

We are seeking a Fixed Income Risk System Developer with 5-7 years of experience to design, develop, and support large-scale risk and trading platforms within the Fixed Income Derivatives Technology team. This role involves building distributed systems for risk, PnL, pricing, and market data, collaborating closely with Sales & Trading, Quantitative Strategists, Risk, and Operations teams, and delivering strategic technology solutions that support global fixed income trading.

Key Responsibilities

Develop large-scale distributed systems for calculating and reporting intraday and end-of-day risk, PnL, and market scenarios.

Design and build next-generation pricing and workflow applications for Sales and Trading teams.

Contribute to greenfield projects focused on redesigning front-to-back risk scenario infrastructure.

Develop strategic market data and pricing platforms across multiple asset classes.

Design and develop APIs to enable programmatic access to pricing and risk analytics.

Support Fixed Income Derivatives trading systems across EMEA and global trading desks.

Collaborate with Sales, Traders, Quantitative Strategists, Operations, Controllers, COOs, and Market Risk teams to deliver business solutions.

Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

Develop high-performance, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.

Participate in system design, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

Optimize application performance for distributed and high-volume computing environments.

Follow DevOps and Continuous Development best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolution for critical business systems.

Contribute to strategic technology modernization initiatives.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related computational discipline.

5-7 years of software development experience.

Strong software engineering, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Experience developing large-scale distributed systems.

Strong programming experience in Scala or Java.

Experience designing and developing APIs and enterprise applications.

Understanding of software architecture and object-oriented design principles.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong interest in financial markets and trading technologies.

Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within global teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Fixed Income markets, Interest Rate Derivatives, or Capital Markets.

Knowledge of financial models, pricing, and risk management.

Experience developing financial risk calculation systems or trading platforms.

Experience with distributed computing or cloud computing technologies.

Experience with Java or Scala performance tuning.

Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and Continuous Development principles.

Required Skills

Scala

Java

Distributed Systems

API Development

Software Engineering

Object-Oriented Programming

System Design

Software Architecture

Risk Systems

Pricing Systems

Market Data

Performance Optimization

Distributed Computing

Cloud Computing

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Financial Markets

Fixed Income

Interest Rate Derivatives

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

DevOps

CI/CD

Agile Development

Preferred Skills

Financial Risk Management

Trading Systems

Pricing Models

Market Risk

PnL Reporting

Quantitative Analytics

Performance Tuning

Cloud Platforms

Capital Markets

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