Fixed Income Risk Engineer (Python)

Qube Research & Technologies; London; On-site; NOK 1,521,000 - 2,409,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking a senior software risk engineer to join the Risk team in London. You will design, build, and maintain production risk analytics tools for Fixed Income trading.

You will develop data pipelines, support reporting systems, and collaborate with trading desks, risk managers, and researchers to scale risk infrastructure. Strong Python and SQL skills are essential. This role offers exposure to cloud platforms and modern DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Fixed Income products and risk measures.
• Experience with trading desks and risk teams.
• Production-grade Python development and data tooling.
• Experience with SQL databases and data integrations.
• Exposure to cloud and containerised environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production risk analytics tools and data services.
• Develop and support data pipelines and reporting systems used by trading and risk teams.
• Partner with trading desks, risk, and operations to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Investigate and resolve data discrepancies, risk inconsistencies, and production issues.
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Contribute to the evolution of risk and analytics infrastructure.

Skills

Fixed Income Knowledge

Trading Desk Collaboration

Trade Lifecycle & Risk Measures

Python Development

Production Systems

Data Pipelines

SQL & Databases

APIs & Data Integrations

Cloud / AWS

Containers / Kubernetes

CI/CD

System Design & Debugging

Tools

Python

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager,operatingin all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research,technologyand tradingexpertisehas shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT

The Risk team build andmaintaintools to support risk analysis and reporting for QRT’s trading businesses. This includes close collaboration with Risk Managers, Quantitative Traders, and Quantitative Researchers, across multiple asset classes, to ensure robust and scalable risk infrastructure. Thisparticular opportunitywill provide significant contributions for our Fixed Income function.

• Design, build, andmaintainproduction risk analytics tools and data services

• Develop and support data pipelines and reporting systems used by trading and risk teams

• Partner with trading desks, risk, and operations to understand requirements and deliver solutions

• Investigate and resolve data discrepancies, risk inconsistencies, and production issues

• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability

• Contribute to the evolution of risk and analytics infrastructure

Your present skillset

• Fixed Income Knowledge

• • Solidunderstanding of Fixed Income products, includingbonds, interest rate swaps, bond futures, repos
• • Experience working with trading desks and/or risk teams
• • Understanding ofTrade lifecycle;Risk measures (e.g. DV01, sensitivities, stress scenarios);PnLand key risk drivers

• Strong Python development skills

• Experience building andmaintaining production systems

• Solid understanding of:

• • Data pipelines and data processing
• • System design and debugging

• Experience with SQL and databases

• Familiarity with APIs and data integrations

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong coding ability (Python preferred)

• Experience in asystematic investmentmanagerfrim, trading firm, bank, or asset manager is preferred

• Vendor or consultancy experience considered if combined with strong Fixed Income exposure

• Desirable:

• • Experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, or orchestration tools
• • Experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS preferred) and familiarity with services such as EC2, S3 and Fargate
• • Exposure to containerisation, orchestration, and monitoring tools (e.g. Kubernetes, Grafana) and modern development environments (e.g. CI/CD, Coder)

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.