Senior Engineer, Risk Engineering
Core
Build high-performance computational backbones for real-time risk calculations, margin requirements, and portfolio exposures on a digital asset exchange.
Role type
Senior IC Java backend engineer (low-latency financial systems)
Builds
Mission-critical risk calculation services and APIs for a regulated digital asset exchange
Domain
Digital asset trading infrastructure + quantitative finance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Java (advanced), JVM optimization, multi-threading/concurrency, automated testing (TDD/unit/integration), microservices architecture, DevOps (Docker/Kubernetes/GCP), financial risk concepts (SPAN/VaR)
Preferred skills
Event-sourced architectures, columnar databases, Kotlin, low-latency libraries (Chronicle Queue)
Technologies
Java, JVM, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, Git, Chronicle Queue
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain scalable, low-latency JVM services and APIs; Decompose complex risk business requirements into robust implementations; Collaborate with quantitative analysts to implement financial product solutions; Optimize and refactor codebase for performance and maintainability
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC