Quant/Risk DevOps Engineer - Build & Deploy Risk Pipelines

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

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.