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Senior Risk IT Developer

Where

City

Type

Permanent

Salary

170000 Annual

Senior Risk IT Developer - Commodity Trading - London - Full Time Permanent

We're partnering with a global leader in commodity trading, to find an exceptional Senior Risk IT Developer for their Risk IT team. This is a rare opportunity to help architect a next-generation, cloud-native risk platform from the ground up, with a focus on speed, scale, and precision.

Why this role stands out:

  • Greenfield build. No Legacy constraints; full scope for innovation.
  • High-impact team. A small, expert group delivering real results.
  • Modern tech stack. Python, C++, ClickHouse, and Iceberg.
  • Strategic scope. Shape how the client manages market risk across global portfolios.
  • Real technical challenge. Real Time VaR, billions of rows, seconds to compute.

What you'll bring:

  • Strong engineering skills in Python, Java and C++.
  • Experience with ClickHouse, Iceberg, or similar high-performance data systems.
  • Solid understanding of market risk metrics (eg VaR).
  • A problem-solving mindset and the drive to build from first principles.

The mission:

Build a scalable, Real Time risk engine to support the clients trading strategy. This is a multi-year programme with long-term vision, technical depth, and global relevance.

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