Real-Time Equity Risk Platform Engineer

Jain Global LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jain Global LLC in London is seeking a Quantitative Developer to build and own the equity-volatility risk platform for a global hedge fund. You will design risk calculation, real-time monitoring, and extensible APIs to expose risk data to risk managers and PMs.

You will work with researchers to translate models into production code, maintain Greeks infrastructure, and deliver scalable, low-latency services on cloud platforms. The role is based in London with a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and operating production systems.
• Strong grounding in distributed systems and API design.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own risk calculation and exposure services.
• Develop real-time risk monitoring, limits, alerts, and drill-down interfaces.
• Build APIs and dashboards for risk managers and traders.
• Refactor legacy processes into tested, version-controlled services.
• Collaborate with Risk Managers, Front Office, IT, and platform teams.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

API design

Performance profiling

Code quality

Education

BS/MS in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

Kafka

Redis

Airflow

Dagster

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

Jain Global LLC in London is seeking a Quantitative Developer to build and own the equity-volatility risk platform for a global hedge fund. You will design risk calculation, real-time monitoring, and extensible APIs to expose risk data to risk managers and PMs.

You will work with researchers to translate models into production code, maintain Greeks infrastructure, and deliver scalable, low-latency services on cloud platforms. The role is based in London with a competitive compensation package.