Financial Services Technology Consulting, Financial Risk Technology (FRT) Engineering - Senior

Location: New York, Charlotte, Atlanta

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The opportunity:

Our Financial Services ("FSO") teams help clients address complex transformation priorities across Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets. This opportunity combines Insurance Risk, Credit Risk and Capital Markets technology expertise with modern engineering to deliver high-impact enterprise transformation programs.

Financial institutions are modernizing risk, finance and trading platforms to improve scalability, transparency, control and responsiveness. The role supports cloud-native risk platforms, analytical and model-execution engines, regulatory and actuarial processing, and front-to-back modernization across front-office, middle-office and back-office functions. Key capabilities include pricing and positions, pre-trade and counterparty risk, Value at Risk (VaR), stress testing, sensitivities, XVA, clean P&L, hypothetical P&L, actual P&L, P&L attribution, settlement, reconciliation and regulatory reporting.

As a Senior Technology Consultant, you will be a hands-on member of the engineering team, working with architects, managers, business stakeholders, traders, risk teams, actuaries, model developers and operations teams. You will translate functional and analytical requirements into reliable software components, data pipelines, cloud services and integration solutions across trading, risk, finance and operations.

Your key responsibilities:

Risk Technology & Solution Architecture
Contribute to the design, development and modernization of Insurance and Credit Risk platforms.
Translate business, regulatory, actuarial and analytical requirements into technical designs and implementation tasks.
Develop components for front-to-back Capital Markets modernization across front-office trading and pricing, middle-office risk and controls, and back-office settlement, accounting and reconciliation.
Implement and enhance capabilities supporting VaR, stress testing, sensitivities, XVA, counterparty risk, clean P&L, hypothetical P&L, actual P&L and P&L attribution.
Build components supporting Credit Risk Management, CECL / IFRS 9, CCAR stress testing, Expected Credit Loss, portfolio analytics, regulatory reporting, insurance modeling and reserving, and liquidity or balance-sheet risk.
Participate in solution reviews and recommend improvements for maintainability, performance and scalability.

Platform Engineering
Develop cloud-native services supporting model execution, analytical workloads and risk calculations.
Implement distributed processing, workflow orchestration and event-driven integration patterns.
Optimize application and data-processing performance through profiling, testing and engineering improvements.
Apply platform standards for resiliency, scalability, observability, security and supportability.

Data & Analytics
Develop and maintain data models supporting Insurance and Credit Risk calculations.
Build data pipelines and integration services across risk engines, data lakes and operational systems.
Implement controls supporting lineage, governance, auditability, data quality and reconciliation.

Engineering Delivery and Collaboration
Deliver high-quality software through design, development, unit testing, code review and technical documentation.
Collaborate effectively with onshore and offshore teams across architecture, development, data, testing and platform engineering.
Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, estimation, defect resolution and production-readiness activities.
Share technical knowledge and provide guidance to junior engineers when appropriate.

Skills and attributes for success:
Strong software-engineering fundamentals with the ability to understand risk-domain requirements.
Ability to solve technical problems, communicate design choices and work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
Commitment to engineering quality, automated testing, documentation and continuous improvement.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Required domain expertise:

Insurance Risk
Insurance Risk Management
Actuarial Modeling Platforms
Reserving and Capital Models
Solvency Frameworks
Risk Aggregation and Reporting
Insurance Data Platforms
Reinsurance Processing

Credit Risk
CECL / IFRS 9
Credit Portfolio Analytics
Probability of Default (PD)
Loss Given Default (LGD)
Exposure at Default (EAD)
Credit Stress Testing
Regulatory Capital
Counterparty Credit Risk
Basel Frameworks

Financial Risk Programs

Experience supporting one or more of the following:
CCAR
CECL
FRTB
Basel III / IV
XVA
Market Risk
Liquidity Risk
Asset and Liability Management (ALM)

Capital Markets Technology
Front-office trading, pricing, position management and pre-trade risk platforms
Middle-office risk, controls, trade validation, valuation and P&L processes
Back-office confirmations, settlement, accounting, reconciliation and regulatory reporting
Value at Risk (VaR), stress testing, sensitivities and market-risk analytics
XVA, including counterparty credit and funding valuation adjustments
Clean P&L, hypothetical P&L, actual P&L and P&L attribution
Front-to-back modernization and integration across trading, risk, finance and operations

Required technical skills:

Core Development
Java (advanced or expert proficiency)
Python
Scala and/or C++
Spring Boot and REST APIs
Object-oriented design and design patterns
Multithreaded development
High-performance computing

Distributed Computing and Messaging
DAG-based workflow engines
Distributed architectures and grid computing
Parallel and large-scale batch processing
Risk calculation platforms
Event streaming and pub/sub architectures
Apache Kafka, AWS MSK and/or Azure Event Hubs
Event-driven design patterns

Cloud Technologies
AWS: ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, EC2, AWS Batch and CloudFormation
Azure: Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Data Lake and Azure Functions

Databases
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
Oracle

Data & Analytics
Apache Spark
Databricks
Distributed data processing
Data governance
Data reconciliation
Risk data warehousing

DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub
CI/CD pipelines
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code

Preferred skills and experience:
Capital Markets products and front-to-back trade lifecycle knowledge
Front-office trading systems, including pricing, positions and pre-trade risk
Distributed computing and high-performance processing architectures
Advanced Java development, including multithreading and concurrency
Databricks and/or Snowflake data platforms
Redis and/or GridGain-style distributed caching solutions

Good-to-have skills:
Agentic AI and risk automation
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
LangChain
Model Context Protocol (MCP) frameworks

Ideal candidates for this role will have the following skills and attributes:
5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years contributing to risk, finance, insurance or analytical technology solutions.
Delivery experience in Insurance, Banking or Capital Markets.
Working knowledge of Credit Risk, Insurance Risk or regulatory risk frameworks.
Hands-on experience developing cloud-native applications, distributed processing solutions or data platforms.
Proficiency in Java and working knowledge of Python; exposure to Scala or C++ is beneficial.
Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, source control and modern software-delivery practices.
Undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, actuarial science, finance or a related field.
Prior consulting experience is preferred.

What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/careers.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job is:
• • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices - $122,900 to $204,900
  • Bay Area California offices - $128,100 to $213,400
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento - $102,500 to $187,900
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

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