Senior Risk Engineer, Risk Tech Platform Lead

Capstone Investment Advisors; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Wellness resources

Time off & retirement

Gym reimbursement

Job summary

Capstone Investment Advisors is seeking a Senior Risk Engineer (Senior Vice President) in Risk Technology. You will design and implement investment-facing risk tools, work closely with Portfolio Managers and Quant Researchers, and shape the risk platform for scalable, explainable analytics across stress scenarios and margins.

You will own end-to-end delivery, combining software engineering with risk insight to support hedging, portfolio construction and capital allocation decisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering, quantitative development or risk technology experience in hedge funds or asset managers.
• Strong track record designing and supporting production-grade risk, pricing or trading systems.
• Advanced Python/Java and SQL skills; APIs and data pipelines experience.
• Strong understanding of derivatives and cross-asset risk analytics (VaR, Greeks).

Responsibilities

• Architect, build and own production-grade components of Capstone’s Risk Technology platform.
• Build risk capabilities spanning Greeks, stress scenarios, VaR and P&L vectors.
• Partner with Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers and Quant Research to solve complex problems.
• Develop APIs, data pipelines and interactive decision tools for trade-level insights.
• Translate pricing and risk methodologies into scalable services with strong controls.
• Advance Risk Intelligence by turning analytics and AI into practical investment insights.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

APIs

Data pipelines

Distributed systems

Risk analytics

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Capstone Investment Advisors is seeking a Senior Risk Engineer (Senior Vice President) in Risk Technology. You will design and implement investment-facing risk tools, work closely with Portfolio Managers and Quant Researchers, and shape the risk platform for scalable, explainable analytics across stress scenarios and margins.

You will own end-to-end delivery, combining software engineering with risk insight to support hedging, portfolio construction and capital allocation decisions.