Lead Engineer - Core Risk Analytics - Multi-Manager Hedge Fund - Up to $600k TC

Mondrian Alpha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 500,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondrian Alpha, a premier hedge fund, is hiring a Lead Engineer for their Core Risk Analytics platform. This role offers a chance to take technical ownership and lead a high-caliber engineering team while working on critical financial systems in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in software engineering, experience in C# and distributed systems, and a proven ability to influence technology direction. Total compensation for the right fit can reach up to $600k.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including leading design.
• Experience in front-office, risk, trading or quantitative environments.
• Deep experience in C# or Java, willing to develop in C#.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and drive engineering standards.
• Lead delivery of major initiatives and mentor engineers.
• Ensure analytics performance across different asset classes.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Technical leadership

C# or Java proficiency

Distributed systems experience

Spark and Kubernetes experience

Job description

Lead Engineer - Core Risk Analytics - Multi-Manager Hedge Fund - Up to $600k TC

My client, one of the most enduring and successful hedge funds in the world, is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to take technical ownership of a business-critical risk analytics platform used across the firm. This is a genuine technical leadership role, combining hands‑on engineering with architectural direction, technical decision‑making, and mentorship of a high‑calibre engineering team.

The Role

The risk platform prices and aggregates exposure across every asset class the firm trades: equities, rates, credit and more, in real time across distributed compute environments spanning on‑prem and AWS. The entire platform is built in‑house in C# / .NET Core on Linux, running on Apache Spark and Kubernetes. No vendor black boxes. No abstraction layers you didn't write.

As the technical lead for a core area of the platform, you will help define architecture, drive engineering standards, lead the delivery of major initiatives, and partner closely with risk, trading and quantitative teams. You will remain deeply hands‑on while acting as the senior technical authority for a group of engineers building systems that trading desks depend on every day.

The engineering challenge is genuine. Keeping latency‑sensitive analytics correct and performant across asset classes with meaningfully different risk profiles at this AUM, in live markets, is not a solved problem. The firm is looking for someone who can raise the technical bar, influence platform direction, and help scale both the technology and the team.

Compensation reflects that proximity to revenue. Engineers here are not a cost centre and are not paid like one. Total compensation for the right candidate sits at the top end of the market.

What the role requires

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading the design and delivery of large‑scale distributed systems
• Previous experience acting as a technical lead, staff engineer, principal engineer, or engineering lead within front‑office, risk, trading or quantitative environments
• 2+ years building front‑office or risk systems
• 2+ years working with distributed compute platforms at scale
• Deep experience in C# or Java; candidates must be willing to develop in C#. Python, C++, or Java backgrounds are all valid entry points
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, platform architecture and technical leadership
• Spark and Kubernetes experience strongly preferred

If this sounds like the right fit, apply using the link below.