Real Time Risk Developer - Lead, Senior and Mid-Level

Overview

Hybrid
$70+
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Apache Kafka
Derivatives
Equities
java
Trading
Fixed Income

Job Details

Real Time Risk Developer - Lead, Senior and Mid-Level (Location: Charlotte) 

Role Overview: 

We are building a critical foundational data hub within Capital Markets Technology to enable seamless, event-driven communication and data streaming. This is a green field initiative focused on establishing near real-time capability for risk reporting, analytics, and business reporting within the bank. We are seeking motivated and proactive Software Engineers with a strong technical background and deep financial domain knowledge to be part of this expanding program. This role requires significant hands-on coding to build out these new capabilities from the ground up. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Key contributor in the building, technical design, analysis, and support of the foundational data hub, specifically focusing on the real-time risk stream. 
  • Develop and customize integration tools and solutions utilizing technologies like Kafka and other event-driven message transmission systems. 
  • Integrate trading systems and reference data sets to support the generation of near real-time P&L and Risk. 
  • Utilize integration products to facilitate seamless, high-reliability, and high-performance communication between systems. 
  • Collaborate closely with quant / strat teams on P&L and risk reporting initiatives. 
  • Focus on building capabilities related to traded risk, including the computation of risk (e.g., delta, gamma, vega, correlations) 

Qualifications: 

  • Strong Java development experience is essential and a must-have skill. 
  • Expertise in real-time messaging platforms such as Kafka is essential. 
  • Deep domain expertise in financial instruments is required, in one or more of the following: Fixed Income, Interest Rate, Credit, FX, Loans, and/or Equity Derivatives.  
  • Understanding of trading P&L, Risk Sensitivities, including Option greeks. 
  • Familiarity with event-driven architecture, distributed systems, and fault tolerance principles. 
  • Ability to lead technical discussions and potentially mentor more junior team members as the team grows. (Roles include Senior Developer and Development Lead titles, and there is a planned hire to lead the risk stream). 
  • Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is typically required. 

Highly Valued / Plus Skills: 

  • Experience with or understanding of platforms such as SecDB, Athena, Quartz, Vasara or Beacon. 
  • Proficiency in Python. 
  • Experience integrating Kafka with trading systems and managing high-volume, low-latency data streams. 
  • Hands-on experience with Vendor trading systems such as Calypso, Imagine, ION / Wall St Systems, Bloomberg, and LoanIQ.  
  • Proficiency in Apache Flink for stream processing and real-time data analytics. 
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture. 

PruTech abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.