Risk Developer New London

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

Job summary

DV Trading is seeking a seasoned full-stack developer to join our risk team. You will help build real-time risk systems, dashboards, and analytics powering PnL, VaR, and other risk metrics.

Responsibilities span backend and frontend work, CI/CD, and platform reliability under live trading conditions; you will apply AI coding assistants and integrate LLM APIs to optimize workflows and tooling for traders and quants.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience as a full‑stack developer, preferably in finance or prop trading.
• Strong Python for data processing, backend logic, and model integration.
• Solid DevOps experience: Docker, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), Linux, monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with Kubernetes or infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.
• Hands‑on with AI coding assistants and agentic development workflows.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) into applications, including prompt design and tool calling.
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis).
• Familiarity with real‑time data visualization and data structures.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain real‑time risk systems used daily by risk, traders, and executives, including 24/5 PnL and VaR tracking.
• Own deployment, CI/CD, and infrastructure for risk apps: containers, pipelines, environment management, observability, incident response.
• Improve reliability, performance, and availability with a focus on low latency during market hours.
• Use AI coding assistants to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and debugging.
• Develop apps that integrate LLM APIs for automation and workflow improvements.
• Build responsive front‑end interfaces for risk metrics visualization.
• Collaborate with risk team to understand requirements and implement risk models.
• Write clean, well‑documented code; participate in reviews and design discussions.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Linux

SQL

Real-time data

Data processing

Tools

Docker

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Job description

Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.

Overview:

We are seeking a full-stack developer to join our risk team. This role supports the design, build, and operation of the in‑house risk engine, which powers real‑time calculation and monitoring of PnL, VaR, greeks, risk slides, and other key risk metrics.

The ideal candidate combines solid backend and frontend development skills with strong DevOps fundamentals and hands‑on experience using AI tooling in day‑to‑day development. You will work closely with senior risk developers, quantitative analysts, and market risk analysts to turn financial models into reliable, production‑ready applications and keep them running smoothly under live trading conditions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain real‑time risk systems used daily by risk, traders, and executives, including:
  • 24/5 live PnL tracking
  • VaR and other exposure calculations
  • Web‑based risk dashboards
  • Interactive analytical tools
  • Alerting and monitoring systems
• Own deployment, CI/CD, and infrastructure for risk applications: containerization, pipeline automation, environment management, observability, and incident response.
• Improve system reliability, performance, and availability, with a focus on low latency and stability during market hours.
• Use AI‑assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and debugging.
• Develop and enhance applications that integrate LLM APIs for automation, analysis, and workflow improvements.
• Build responsive front‑end interfaces for visualizing and interacting with risk metrics.
• Collaborate with the risk team to understand requirements and implement risk models.
• Write clean, well‑documented, and tested code; participate in code reviews and design discussions.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional experience as a full‑stack developer, preferably in the financial industry or proprietary trading.
• Strong proficiency in Python for data processing, backend logic, and model integration.
• Solid DevOps experience: Docker, CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), Linux administration, and monitoring/logging tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana). Experience with Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.
• Hands‑on experience with AI coding assistants and agentic development workflows, and a practical understanding of how to apply them effectively and safely.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic) into applications, including prompt design, tool/function calling, and evaluation.
• Proficiency in SQL and a solid understanding of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL stores (e.g. Redis).
• Understanding of data structures, APIs, and real‑time data processing.
• Familiarity with real‑time data visualization.
• Exposure to quantitative models or working with quants is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

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