Real-Time Risk Engineer — Full-Stack & AI-Driven

Tradermath; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical, dental & vision insurance

HSA/FSA options

Life & AD&D insurance

Voluntary LTD

Flexible vacation

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

DV Trading seeks a seasoned full‑stack developer to join its risk team in Chicago. You will design, build, and operate the in‑house risk engine powering real‑time PnL, VaR, greeks, and other risk metrics.

The role blends backend and frontend development with DevOps, AI tooling, and LLM API integration to deliver production‑ready apps for live trading conditions. You will work with senior risk developers, quants, and analysts to deploy reliable systems.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional full‑stack experience, preferably in finance.
• Strong Python for data processing and model integration.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, Linux, and monitoring tools.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs and AI tooling into apps.
• Proficiency in a modern JS framework (React, Angular, or Vue).
• SQL and relational DBs (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis).
• Understanding of real‑time data processing and visualization.
• Ability to work independently and with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain real-time risk systems used daily by risk, traders, and executives.
• Own deployment, CI/CD, and infrastructure for risk applications.
• Improve reliability and low latency during market hours.
• Use AI coding assistants to accelerate development, testing, and debugging.
• Develop apps integrating LLM APIs for automation and analysis.
• Build responsive front‑end interfaces for risk metrics visualization.
• Collaborate with risk teams to implement models and requirements.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in reviews.

Skills

Python

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

JS framework

LLM APIs

SQL

PostgreSQL

Real-time data

React

Linux

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

DV Trading seeks a seasoned full‑stack developer to join its risk team in Chicago. You will design, build, and operate the in‑house risk engine powering real‑time PnL, VaR, greeks, and other risk metrics.

The role blends backend and frontend development with DevOps, AI tooling, and LLM API integration to deliver production‑ready apps for live trading conditions. You will work with senior risk developers, quants, and analysts to deploy reliable systems.