Senior Credit Risk Platform Engineer & Tech Lead

Trafigura; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading firm in Greater London seeks a Senior Risk Engineer to develop and operate credit risk modeling platforms. This role involves hands-on technical leadership, team management, and strategic platform planning. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in credit risk metrics and advanced Python skills, along with experience in GitOps tooling and database management. The position offers opportunities to work in a fast-paced trading technology environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record running credit modeling platforms in financial services.
• Experience with high-frequency deployment practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of credit risk modeling platforms.
• Manage infrastructure using GitOps methodologies.
• Build and lead a team of engineers in Risk technology.

Skills

Credit risk metrics expertise

Advanced Python development skills

GitOps tooling experience

Database skills (SQL/NoSQL)

Tools

GitLab

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

AWS

ClickHouse

Job description

A leading trading firm in Greater London seeks a Senior Risk Engineer to develop and operate credit risk modeling platforms. This role involves hands-on technical leadership, team management, and strategic platform planning. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in credit risk metrics and advanced Python skills, along with experience in GitOps tooling and database management. The position offers opportunities to work in a fast-paced trading technology environment.