Senior Application Developer, Risk

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Senior Application Developer for their Risk Management Technology team in Slough. This role involves designing and implementing server-side applications, engaging with various stakeholders, and supporting existing systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in development using Java or Python, strong SQL skills, and a background in the financial services industry, particularly in risk management. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, along with excellent analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in application development.
• Experience in financial services, particularly in market or credit risk.
• Strong server-side development skills required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop server-side components and APIs.
• Perform functional testing and deliver systems to production.
• Provide 2nd line support for applications and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

SQL

Server-side Java

Python

API best practices

Technical documentation

GIT based source control

SDLC methodologies

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics

Tools

Jira

Bitbucket

SourceTree

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Senior Application Developer, Risk, slough

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Client:

LevelUP HCS

Location:

slough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

The position is for a Senior developer who will be part of Technology team supporting the Global Risk Management Technology group. The work assignments will include playing a key developer role in major project related work. Projects will include custom development, implementation and integration of vendor products, and enhancement/support of existing systems.

The Role will involve designing and developing server-side components, API implementation, complete application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting issues and resolving production problems along with supporting users by developing documentation and assistance tools.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work as a senior analyst Developer in Risk management Technology.
• Work closely with business analysts/project managers/other developers/stakeholders to implement requirements on Linux / Microsoft based platforms utilizing relevant programming languages, scripting and SQL.
• Verify implementation, perform functional testing and deliver the system/module in production.
• Perform initial tests to cover functional and non-functional requirements before users do their UAT.
• Perform 2nd line support for production application when necessary.
• Strong SQL skills and experience in Oracle or other RDBMS platforms.
• Strong server-side Java or Python knowledge and 8+ years of relevant experience of developing/enhancing applications.
• Good understanding of APIs best practices and modular object-oriented design and development.
• Ability to write detailed and understandable technical documentation
• Experience of using GIT based source control repository and tools such as Bitbucket and SourceTree.
• Experience using Jira for full development cycle (requirement to deployment).
• Experience and knowledge of SDLC methodologies and development processes such as requirement gathering, analysis and definition, prototyping, proof of concept, designing and implementation
• Experience in financial services industry either in market risk or credit risk domain with understanding of analytics integrations for calculations of PnL vectors, various methods to calculate portfolio VaR, sensitivities, PFE etc.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics

Preferred:

• Experience in the financial services industry, preferably with exposure to market risk or counterparty credit risk applications
• Experience in ETL (extract, transform and Load) development
• Some Cloud experience will be a nice plus.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter and entrepreneurial in approach
• Ability to escalate / follow-up proactively