Market Risk Senior Developer
About the position We are supporting a major global financial institution in hiring a Senior Market Risk Developer. This is a senior technical role within their Capital Markets Risk Technology group, focused on building and integrating applications that support Market & Credit Risk functions. You’ll act as a senior developer across multiple Risk IT initiatives, designing and delivering complex components within a fixed income technology stack that blends in-house tools and vendor systems. The role involves full-lifecycle software development - requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment - and contributing to system integration across distributed multi-tier environments. Responsibilities • Design, develop and integrate Java/Groovy components within fixed income risk platforms. • Work across a mixed stack including in-house tools and vendor systems ( ION, Bloomberg, Murex, Polypaths ). • Support Market & Credit Risk functions through enhancements to valuations, trade flows and risk models. • Execute requirements gathering, detailed design, coding, unit/integ testing and documentation. • Ensure alignment with business objectives, security standards and technical requirements. • Promote engineering best practices and contribute to continuous improvement across the team. • Deliver quality assurance and technical guidance within multi-project environments. Requirements • 5+ years in IT/Application Development within capital markets. • Strong programming expertise in Java/Groovy and Python, with a focus on systems integration. • Strong SQL and experience with Java platform & open-source tools. • Experience with Murex, Polypaths or similar securitized products systems. • Understanding of fixed income markets, trade flows, valuations and risk management. • Experience building and supporting distributed multi-tier applications. • Familiarity with SDLC tools/frameworks: Git, Gradle, Camel, Kafka. • Exposure to AWS (EC2, S3). • Comfortable working in both Agile and Waterfall environments. • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. Nice-to-haves • Experience with ION or Bloomberg integrations. • Knowledge of cloud-native development patterns. Benefits • 12-month contract, with a view for longer term extension. • Hybrid role with 3 days in office. • January start date. • Paying up to $145,000 per annum. Apply tot his job