Senior Python Risk Engineer – Cloud & Distributed Systems

Jefferies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferies is looking for a Senior Developer in Greater London to build and operate a cloud-based risk platform. You will design and implement scalable risk engines in Python, optimizing for performance, reliability, and cost. The role requires at least 7 years of development experience and strong knowledge of distributed systems. Candidates should have experience with risk management across various asset classes. The position offers an opportunity to work with AWS and Snowflake technologies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of development experience in Python and ideally C# .NET.
• Experience with pricing and risk management systems across multiple asset classes.
• Strong understanding of market data required for risk generation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable Python-based risk engines.
• Optimize risk generation processes to improve performance.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure end-to-end risk delivery.

Skills

Python

C# .NET

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Unit testing (pytest)

Snowflake SQL

AWS Cloud

Data structures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar

Tools

AWS EC2

AWS S3

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

Jefferies is looking for a Senior Developer in Greater London to build and operate a cloud-based risk platform. You will design and implement scalable risk engines in Python, optimizing for performance, reliability, and cost. The role requires at least 7 years of development experience and strong knowledge of distributed systems. Candidates should have experience with risk management across various asset classes. The position offers an opportunity to work with AWS and Snowflake technologies.