Lead Risk Technology Engineer - Real-Time CTRM Platform

Cititec; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cititec partners with a leading global commodities trading company to recruit a Principal Risk Engineer for a London-based, hybrid, 12-month outside IR35 contract. The role focuses on delivering and evolving CTRM and risk technology capabilities, steering onboarding of new CTRMs and platforms, and providing senior technical leadership.

You will lead a small technology team and collaborate with trading, risk and technology stakeholders to drive real-time risk, scalability and performance,

Qualifications

• Experience in commodities trading, CTRM or risk tech.
• Strong knowledge of trading workflows and market risk.
• Proven track record leading technical teams.
• Comfortable with senior stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with real-time risk or cloud-native tech would help.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery and evolution of CTRM and risk tech capabilities.
• Lead onboarding, integration and implementation of new CTRMs and related platforms.
• Provide senior technical leadership across risk technology initiatives.
• Lead and develop a small team of technology professionals.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex technical and operational issues.
• Collaborate with trading, risk, technology and business stakeholders.
• Drive improvements across scalability, automation, reliability and performance.
• Contribute to real-time risk and next-generation risk technology evolution.
• Define the technology roadmap bridging CTRM capabilities with future-state platforms.
• Work with engineers across Python, C++, data and cloud technologies.

Skills

Python

C++

APIs

Databases

Data platforms

Distributed systems

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Cititec partners with a leading global commodities trading company to recruit a Principal Risk Engineer for a London-based, hybrid, 12-month outside IR35 contract. The role focuses on delivering and evolving CTRM and risk technology capabilities, steering onboarding of new CTRMs and platforms, and providing senior technical leadership.

You will lead a small technology team and collaborate with trading, risk and technology stakeholders to drive real-time risk, scalability and performance,