Senior Commodities Risk Engineer - VP - Citi

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in London is seeking a Lead Application Developer to join their Commodities Technology Front Office Risk team. The role involves interfacing with traders, designing risk systems, and mentoring developers. Ideal candidates will have expertise in distributed systems and risk management tools. This is a full-time position offering opportunities for impactful work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Expert skills in building Distributed Systems.
• Knowledge of Risk System, preferably in Commodities.
• Extensive relevant experience in designing Risk systems.

Responsibilities

• Interface with traders and quants to gather business requirements.
• Develop and enhance risk management tools.
• Serve as advisor to mid-level developers and analysts.

Skills

Building Distributed Systems

Designing and architecting Risk systems

Clear communication

Adjusting priorities quickly

Job description

Overview

Discover your future at Citi. Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

What we do

• The team develops and supports a strategic platform which calculates, manages, and stores intra-day and EOD risk data for front office trading using cutting edge technologies - Microsoft Orleans and NET6.
• Our roles offer motivated candidates the chance to engage with our trading, quants and sales teams in an agile way and learn the vital role that risk plays across a wide range of commodities financial and physical products and we offer the chance to gain experience of real-time pricing and risk techniques.
• As the business has expanded in recent years, we have embarked on an ambitions e-engineering program across our application estate. We are retiring legacy applications, modernising and rationalising our technology stack in order to provide quicker time to market for new products and faster trading capability in a market increasingly delineated by technology capability.

What you will do

• The role is for a VP level Lead Application Developer within the Commodities Technology Front Office Risk team.
• Interface directly with traders and quants to gather and define business requirements.
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding.
• Contribute to the re-engineering, development and enhancement of a wide range of risk management tools.
• Adhere to and continuously improve our processes and SDLC in a fast-moving environment.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals.
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions.
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.

What you will bring to the role

• Expert skills in building Distributed Systems.
• Extensive relevant experience in designing and architecting Risk system (preferably in .NET)
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Knowledge of Risk System (Front Office or downstream, preferably Commodities)

Bonus points for

• Knowledge / prior experience with Microsoft Orleans is desirable.
• Good understanding of Quant models.

Job Details

• Job Family Group: Technology
• Job Family: Applications Development
• Time Type: Full time
• Most Relevant Skills: Please see the requirements listed above.
• Other Relevant Skills: For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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