Risk Technology Lead: Cloud-Native Risk Platform

Cross Atlantic Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm is seeking a Risk Technology Lead to drive the engineering and calculation workflows for their Risk Management function. This hybrid role offers hands-on leadership, requiring expertise in Python and R, alongside strong experience in financial technology. Candidates should have over 8 years of software engineering experience and a preferred background in hedge funds or asset management. You will be responsible for modernizing legacy workflows and delivering accurate risk analytics.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in financial or risk technology.
• Expert-level Python and R for building production analytics and calculations.
• Direct experience building risk platforms, calculation engines, or trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Own development, maintenance, and operations of all technology supporting Risk Management.
• Write and maintain production-quality code for risk calculations and services.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentor development resources.

Skills

Python

R

Statistical risk models

TypeScript

Java

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

A financial services firm is seeking a Risk Technology Lead to drive the engineering and calculation workflows for their Risk Management function. This hybrid role offers hands-on leadership, requiring expertise in Python and R, alongside strong experience in financial technology. Candidates should have over 8 years of software engineering experience and a preferred background in hedge funds or asset management. You will be responsible for modernizing legacy workflows and delivering accurate risk analytics.