DevOps Engineer - Quant/Risk Systems Deployment

The IG Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FTSE250 FinTech company in London is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their Financial Risk Team. The role focuses on the design and automation of risk models and requires at least 3 years of experience in software development. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies like Python, GitLab, and Kubernetes in a collaborative environment. The company emphasizes a diverse culture and supports career development with a variety of benefits, including flexible work arrangements and competitive salaries.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible Benefits Package (12%)

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Contribution to gym memberships

25 Days holiday

Option to buy or sell holiday days

Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning Platform

Employee-led diversity networks

Enhanced parental pay and leave

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in DevOps, CI/CD and software development, preferably within FinTech, Banks or Hedge Funds.
• Understanding of system design architecture and SDLC principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Extremely proactive mindset – constantly seeking to learn, improve, optimise and automate processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy high‑quality, scalable systems using industry best practices.
• Identify, design and implement performance optimisations for data pipelines and processing workflows.
• Automate processes and controls.
• Continuous deployment of code changes.
• Liaise with commercial teams to act based on the outputs of our models.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Software Development

Python

SQL

Analytical Skills

Problem-solving Skills

Agile Development

Algorithmic Design

Real-time Data Processing

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Software Engineering / Financial Engineering / Mathematics

Tools

GitLab

Kubernetes

Docker

GCP

Pandas

Polars

NumPy

Numba

SciPy

Job description

Overview

The Financial Risk Team is responsible for the end‑to‑end management of IG Group's credit, market, capital and liquidity risk profiles. The Team designs, develops and deploys various industry‑standard risk models to help set policy, enforce it and report on it to several committees.

Tech Stack

The team uses Python (incl. Pandas/Polars, NumPy/Numba, Scipy & Matplotlib), SQL, MongoDB, GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker and increasingly GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy high‑quality, scalable systems using industry best practices, SOLID principles, design patterns where applicable.
• Identify, design and implement performance optimisations for data pipelines and processing workflows via GitLab‑managed servers (incl. rebuilds of existing quant risk models).
• Automate processes and controls.
• Continuous deployment of code changes to refine our risk management.
• Liaise with the 1st line commercial teams to act based on the outputs of our models.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in DevOps, CI/CD and software development, preferably within FinTech, Banks or Hedge Funds.
• Understanding of system design architecture and SDLC principles.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Adherence to best practices in Software Engineering and DevOps.
• Understanding of Agile software development.
• Algorithmic design and refinement.
• Real‑time data processing, distributed systems and monitoring.
• Python development: Libraries Pandas, Polars, Numpy, Numba, Scipy.
• Broad understanding of market data, pricing and risk across several asset classes.
• Extremely proactive mindset – constantly seeking to learn, improve, optimise and automate processes.
• Self‑starter who can work autonomously whilst knowing when to escalat[e].
• Master's or Ph.D. in Software Engineering / Financial Engineering / Mathematics or a numerical discipline.

About IG Group

Hello, we’re IG Group. We are an FTSE250 FinTech that run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We’re global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions.

We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers. We work in cross‑functional teams and are laser‑focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office – which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other.

When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

Company Values

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs
• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;
• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

Diversity & Inclusion

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We’re committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey.

Learn more about our D&I approach here.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Contribution to gym memberships
• 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total)
• The option to buy or sell holiday days.
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform
• A comprehensive global and local onboarding process
• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture
• Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund
• Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents

Learn more about the Perks here!